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She’s beautiful and brilliant. But the world is not ready for her to shine… Western Pennsylvania, 1905. Olive Westchester dreams of being valued. Misunderstood, resented, and ignored by her large family after her mother's death, her only ally is an older brother who loves her unconditionally. And the hard-headed girl’s visions of making her mark are threatened by a close-minded society resentful of her superior intellect. Stunned after a jealous teacher expels her from the eighth grade, Olive's anger swells when her dismissive father does nothing to get her readmitted… instead pushing her to learn to be a wealthy man’s wife. But as tragedy strikes, she turns to a local la...

The country celebrates newfound prosperity and peace. Does Westchester Farm benefit?
 

Western Pennsylvania, 1920. Henderson Westchester lords over his massive farm and family. The widower and father of seven children contemplates the unthinkable. The transfer of his family farm to his youngest child, a girl!
Feisty, brilliant, and outspoken, Olive Westchester remains at odds with her father after her favorite brother’s death.

The nineteen-year-old who dreams of independence via a college education, not property ownership, succeeds in making her family’s life miserable as she awaits Henderson’s decision. 

The entire country is in upheaval, and so is she. Can one broken woman survive the coming storms?Western Pennsylvania, 1925. Olive Westchester brims with bitter, unrealized potential. Refusing to visit her father’s deathbed and forgive him for her beloved brother’s passing, she turns her attention to completing the schooling she always coveted. But her anticipation erupts into rage when a fifth unplanned pregnancy torpedoes her longed-for future.As the years pass and America suffers from the Great Depression, Olive painfully faces shattered dreams of reaching medical school and independence. And when her youngest daughter inherits her smarts and seizes an opportunity for higher education...

Newlyweds separated by war. A bride left behind. Can she achieve greatness on her own?1951. Harriett Bailey desperately wants her happily ever after. Shocking her small town by marrying a well-known womanizer, the shy girl’s plans are shot down when her groom is immediately drafted and sent to fight overseas. And her dreams of wedded bliss crumble as months pass without any word from her soldier husband…Determined to move out of her parents’ house, the brilliant hard worker earns a promotion as the first female executive in her company. But as she juggles a bitterly jealous mother, a doting father, and silence from the man she hopelessly loves, Harriet makes a choice that drastically s...

Her husband’s return from war marked a tumultuous reunion. She’ll have to fight her way to a happy ending. 1953. Harriett Bailey Kepler is determined to stand her ground. After accomplishing her college goals and starting an enviable career, the once-abandoned bride refuses to welcome her unreliable spouse back with open arms. So she puts aside her former meekness and demands the immature man pull his weight in their teetering marriage. Slowly softening as the charismatic town hero eases his way into her good graces, Harriett is blindsided when an unexpected twist turns their lives upside down. And as her husband’s lies start catching up to them, the strong-willed woman disco...