![]() The biggest weakness of this book comes from the summary included on the back of the novel, which only covers the issues of the first several chapters. The book remains true to the period and circumstances of the characters, including the struggle of Mariette's parents to balance their own views with the needs of their daughter and her husband. Everson examines the fascinating challenges of a young wife learning how to work alongside her husband, while also struggling to understand what drives him as a Christian. Over the years, Mariette contends with what it means to be the "pastor's wife," while struggling to understand her husband's faith. Rather than debating between college or a job, she faces a world of entirely different possibilities when her husband gives everything up to go to seminary. When she meets one of her father's employees and marries him, she encounters a different world from the one she has previously known. ![]() ![]() While her friends attended the local high school, Mariette contends with the life of privilege made possible by her father's manufacturing company and her mother's social climbing. Starting the story out of order, the chronological beginning of the book begins following Mariette Puttnams graduation from boarding school. ![]() ![]() Everson begins her story in 1959, extending it well into the 1960s. ![]()
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