Patricia
by Grace Livingston Hill
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Patricia Prentiss grows up in a mansion as the privileged daughter to an old-fashioned father who believes in church and public school, though his more progressive wife challenges him on both traditions. So, Patricia develops both a love of God and for a boy who is beneath her parents' notice. After school and during college, Patricia loses contact with dear John Worth, but when her parents announce that she should wed the spoiled bully Thornton Bellingham, she begins to desperately pray show more that John will reenter her crumbling life.. show less
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From childhood John and Patricia had a special bond or love for one another, even though they barely spoke to each other. Patricia is from a rich family whose Mother is very domineering. John is from a kind Christian family, though they are not rich in material things. She has had just enough contact with John and his family to get her started on the road to discovering the Bible and its precious promises on her own. But battling her Mother and the rich spoiled Thornton, who her Mother wants her to marry, will take up most of this story.
I liked how the author started off in a scene taking place in the present, and then quickly spent most of the book showing how these people came to the place the book started at. Then at the end, you are show more taken back to the present and find a really good ending to the dilemma in Patricia's life. A very satisfying ending. show less
I liked how the author started off in a scene taking place in the present, and then quickly spent most of the book showing how these people came to the place the book started at. Then at the end, you are show more taken back to the present and find a really good ending to the dilemma in Patricia's life. A very satisfying ending. show less
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Grace Livingston Hill was born on April 16, 1865 in Wellsville, New York. In 1886, she moved with her family to Winter Park, Florida, where she got a job teaching gymnastics at a local college. She wrote her first book there, in an effort to raise money for a family vacation to Chautauqua Lake. The book was called Chatauqua Idyl and was published show more in 1887. She eventually married and began a family, but lost her husband to appendicitis. At this point in her life, her writing was the only way she could support her family. During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories of religious and Christian fiction including Blue Ruin and Mary Arden. She died in 1947 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Patricia
- Original title
- Patricia
- Original publication date
- 1939
- People/Characters
- Patricia Prentiss; Thornton Bellingham; John Worth; Mrs. Prentiss; Mother Worth
- First words
- Lilies of the valley, a rich mass of them, were growing inside the hedge, lifting their delicate, waxen bells among the deep green of their sheathlike leaves.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I've loved you ever since that day in the rain - or, - maybe - even before that!
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 9
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