The Little Straw Wife
Zoe Ballentyne, the nine-year-old daughter of an invalid mother, meets "Tuppy" Holt, a new neighbor's boy, and the children fall in love. "Tuppy" writes his proposal on an old piece of wrapp... Read allZoe Ballentyne, the nine-year-old daughter of an invalid mother, meets "Tuppy" Holt, a new neighbor's boy, and the children fall in love. "Tuppy" writes his proposal on an old piece of wrapping paper, which Zoe treasures all her life. Zoo's mother dies and Zoe goes to live with h... Read allZoe Ballentyne, the nine-year-old daughter of an invalid mother, meets "Tuppy" Holt, a new neighbor's boy, and the children fall in love. "Tuppy" writes his proposal on an old piece of wrapping paper, which Zoe treasures all her life. Zoo's mother dies and Zoe goes to live with her aunt, who is a social climber. Fourteen years later, "Tuppy," now grown up and called b... Read all