Bertha B. Moore (1890–1965)

A rather twee beginning and a very Christian-of-a-certain-flavour continuation. Betsann wants to be a rich and famous author and thinks she has to get involved in city life to know what she's writing about. Her childhood friend Jimmy sermonises at her a lot about how there's no need to write about all that sinful stuff when she could write good wholesome stories based on the life she already knows.

Betsann then spends most of the book around people who drink, smoke and dance, while resisting surrendering herself to Jesus. For bonus hilarity, someone opines that you'd never see Jesus at parties drinking. Uh...… (more)