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Grace livingston hill was born to a presbyterian minister, charles montgomery livingston, and his wife marcia macdonald livingston, both of whom were writers as was hill s aunt isabella macdonald alden. Grace livingston hill gives us a cinderellatype heroine to sympathize with in part two of the miranda trilogy. Its a light read, but definitely one of the ones from grace lh that i thought good and worthwhile, as opposed to some of her books that had little or no christian focus or were a lot more improbable and based on coincidental plot devices. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love. His childrens book why the chimes rang has been in print for the better part of a century itself.
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Im giving it 4 stars in relation to other grace hill books, rather than in relation to every book ever. By default, it sorts by the number, or alphabetically if there is no number. Jul 06, 2010 its a light read, but definitely one of the ones from grace lh that i thought good and worthwhile, as opposed to some of her books that had little or no christian focus or were a lot more improbable and based on coincidental plot devices. Grace livingston hill was born on easter sunday in 1865.
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Her work still remains popular and widely read today. As an accomplished author, grace hill has penned more than 100 novels and several other short stories. Grace livingston hill 18651947 is the beloved author of more than one hundred books. Grace livingston hill has 241 books on goodreads with 83199 ratings. Day after day phoebe is subjected to living as a servant in her brothers home, piked on by her hateful sisterinlaw, and forced to endure matchmaking schemes influenced by greed. Discount prices on books by grace livingston hill, including titles like a voice in the wilderness.
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