Too soon for love? The Widow Fowler doesn't think so when a certain letter drops out of the past into her mail chute. Mary Frances Vansant's early years were spent on a farm in the Thirties, a time of drought, storms, and bottomless depression; before rural electrification, running water, farm subsidies, paved roads, or credit cards. The incredible hardships of farm life were softened by the beauty of natur ...Full description
Too soon for love? The Widow Fowler doesn't think so when a certain letter drops out of the past into her mail chute. Mary Frances Vansant's early years were spent on a farm in the Thirties, a time of drought, storms, and bottomless depression; before rural electrification, running water, farm subsidies, paved roads, or credit cards. The incredible hardships of farm life were softened by the beauty of nature, an abundance of home-grown food, and the warmth of a close-knit, loving family, as well as her dreams of love in the arms of a handsome schoolmate. As an adult, she marries, drops the "Mary" from her name, and becomes Mrs. Frances Fowler, and later the Widow Fowler. A second chance at love is offensive to a straight-laced sister, and to the small-town mores. Is it too soon, or too late?