Beautiful, brilliant, wealthy. The world should be Olive’s oyster. Does she want too much?
For young women in the early 1900s, sometimes a string of pearls is the closest they will get to owning the world.
Orphaned as a toddler, Olive, a bright feisty child, struggles to establish her place in a wealthy dysfunctional family. Her sisters are jealous, her brothers are threatened, her father, inept as a parent is dependent on her skills.
Without a mother’s guidance, is it possible for this young woman to break social barriers on her own? Can she become the independent woman scholar for which she has the potential of being?
Set in the early 1900s, follow her path from child to young woman in a time before women had the right to vote.
Journey with this feisty girl on an emotionally intense encounter through her dysfunctional family within a male-dominated world.
Book one of The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga fiction series.
About this series. The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga, dysfunctional family novels are a four-book series about the Westchester, Bailey, and Kepler families, and how history impacts their lives. The amazingly brave female main characters of Campbell county survive two world wars, an economic depression, and the Korean war, molding strong relationships while struggling with minimal resources. Book one, Becoming Olive W. follows Olive from an innocent toddler age five through her morphing into a bitter young woman.
Targeted Age Group:: 16 through adult
What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I began writing as a means of channeling the pain and grief of her father's passing, In the process, she discovered that she enjoys telling stories.
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