Name: Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip - Gail Ward Olmsted
Brand: Gail Ward Olmsted
Price: 138.55 RON
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nKate makes me want to take a road trip. She's lovable and charming, and her voice... SO GOOD. -Kerry Chaput, author of the Defying the Crown seriesn nIf you loved Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Ward Olmsted, you'll absolutely adore Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip. n n In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Isla nd to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone. Over the next six days, she receives a marriage proposal, pulls an all-nighter, saves a life or two, crashes a high-society event, meets a kindred spirit, faces a former rival, makes a new friend, takes a stroll with a future movie mogul, advises a troubled newlywed, and reflects upon a life well lived: her own!n nJoin her as she embarks upon her remarkable road trip.n nKatharine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was born into affluence in England and emigrated to the U. S. at the age of eighteen. Fiercely independent and never married, Kate volunteered as a nurse on a medical ship during the Civil War, before founding a vocational school for underprivileged girls. She was a philanthropist, a hospital administrator, and the author of The Other Side of War: 1862, as well as the noted translator of dozens of novels written by French authors, including Moliere and Balzac. She is included in History's Women: The Unsung Heroines; History of American Wome