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Frances's Story

by Ruth Elwin Harris · 1987

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Originally published in Britain as The Beckoning Hills.

Successful landscape artist Frances Purcell, burdened with responsibility for her three younger sisters and their English country home since their parents died in 1910, fears her art will suffer if she marries the man she has always loved.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sisterssistersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 300 pages

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