A Daily Rate/The Girl from Montana/Aunt Crete's Emancipation a: Mara

A Daily Rate was a great story. It is about a young, innocent girl who is struggling to make it on her own. She lives in a boarding house with various different characters. The girl comes into an inheritance, which changes her life and the life of a favorite aunt, who she sends to live with her. A Girl from Montana was a little too sugary-sweet for me, and somewhat hard to believe, but still a good read nonetheless. It is about a young girl who loses her family and travels across the country on horseback to find other relatives. Aunt Crete's Emancipation was okey-dokey. Still hard of sugary-sweet for me. I like A Daily Rate the best.

I love all the books by both Grace Livingston Hill and Isabella Alden. Isabella Alden's books are especially thought provoking.Very uplifting to those trying to live a consecrated Christian life.

This book actually contains four different novels: 1-Aunt Crete's Emancipation covers to touching store of a young nephew who takes over the care of an elderly spinster aunt. The aunt unselfishly serves the whims of her sister and niece at the expense of her own happiness. The story is a wonderful example of how we should treat others how we would like to be treated. 2-A Daily Rate is the winsome story of a young girl who is trying to earn her way in the world. When she comes upon an unexpected inheritance she uses it to help guide the lives of those around her so that they might find some happiness. 3-The Girl From Montana seemed a little contrived but still entertaining. The girl in question comes from the rough and tumble of the West to the refinement of the East. There she learns that people have different perspectives on what is right and what is wrong. 4-Mara by Isabella Alden is the touching account of four friends and how their lives change after leaving college. One faces the death of her fiance and another faces the devastating lies of her beloved. The final part of this story details the reunion but under the sad circumstances of one of them who has been betrayed and tricked into marriage. Be aware that the last part of the book is racist in its views towards The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, often known as the Mormons for their belief in The Book of Mormon. The guy is a jerk and a slime but some of the religious references are not true and very slanderous in tone. The story started out so nicely and wound up like a vendetta against the mormon religion that was not based on fact. I would recommend that people find out the truth themselves from the Mormons.