Consequences of Infatuation

After running away from her wealthy Baltimore family to marry handsome Will Shoat, an Arkansas farmer she met at the 1904 World’s Fair, Ginny O’Brien’s future is heaped with pitfalls and consequences. Now disowned by her father, she learns too late who Will is; not only is he dominating and lazy, he expects her to have all male children to work the farm, blaming her for the first four births being girls. As soon as Lulu and Mary are old enough to hold a plow upright, he works them like field hands, ignoring Ginny’s objections. The once red-headed beauty watches herself grow old before her time, experiencing many tragediesâ€"a runaway teen, a tragic barn fire, a deadly shooting, an act of revenge and many others. This is must-read for anyone who thinks they are in loveâ€"it may just be an infatuation.