Loula Grace Erdman (1898–1976)

Warm and sweet, but with more than a few egregiously racist references to "Wild Indians", this is still an interesting story. Fifteen-year-old Katie finds herself in charge of an entire household, which seems to careen from calamity to calamity. I liked that Katie struggled, and that she made some serious mistakes. The growth that happens over the course of the book is very satisfying and feels true.

When Bethany Fulton married Wade Cameron she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As a child she had loved Wade from afar for as long as she could remember. Coming of age, she continued to love him despite the fact he preferred her pretty cousin, Rosemary. After Rosemary rejects Wade for a wealthier suitor Wade takes Bethany instead; takes her to be his wife and to accompany him to the wild unknowns of Texas. Bethany's first hurdle is understanding where she is going for she can't show more picture a house without running water or real glass windows; she can't picture a landscape without trees. Bethany's second and bigger hurdle is internal - getting over the fact she is Wade's second choice for marriage. The memory of Rosemary hangs over everything, especially in the beginning when Wade had no way of telling his far-off Texan neighbors he had married a different girl. More than that the land teaches Bethany to lose her naive ways.

Edge of Time is the kind of simple story. The title comes from Wade's realization they arrived too late in Texas to be ranchers and too early to be farmers. They arrived "on the edge of time" (p 232). show less

Very good. It is one of those books whose storyline you remember even if you can't recall the title or author. In fact, I have seen posts about the book on more than one book sleuthing website.

I purchased this at a bookshop in Hermiston, Oregon while visiting my mom in June 2023.