ASIN: B0B9KXJKG4
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 285
Amidst the rationing for the war, a friend killed in action, her brother enlisting, and the struggle for women’s suffrage, eighteen-year-old Giorgie is confined to the boundaries of her father's vineyard and her Italian immigrant family. Forever in pain, she pushes herself to rise each morning, feed the farm animals, tend the gardens, and work in the Springhouse all day.Everyone around her is getting married and starting their lives. But getting married and having babies goes against what the doctors say, not to mention her mother’s dying wish.Even so, one morning while buying in the Strip District for the business, Giorgie finds Ilya, a medical student with a mysterious Russian past.When catastrophic loss upon loss calls at her father’s vineyard, Giorgie will need her new-found strength to protect what is left of her family after the Spanish Influenza.Set in 1918, The Springhouse is a ...
