New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents a story
about a way of life that will long be remembered--with people and places
as real as the emotions of the heart...
Eager to begin her first teaching position, Linnea Brandonberg steps off
the train looking as grown up and worldly as her eighteen years allow.
The golden fields and fragrant wheat of Alamo, North Dakota, are as new
and different to Linnea as the stoic Westgaards, a farming family who
provide her with a place to stay.
Farm life in 1917 is hard and bitter--but tiny, spirited Linnea is
determined to brave its challenges and carve out a place for herself.
And as World War I threatens to take those she holds dear, Linnea grows
to womanhood in the arms of Teddy Westgaard, a man who thought he'd
never find love again...