She was born in Dallas but currently lives in Pinetop, Arizona. She didn’t start college until her children were grown.

Turner is an Amerian author, known for her novels These Is My Words, Sarah’s Quilt, The Star Garden and Light Changes Everything. Full of gumption and spirit, Mary Pearl’s evocative coming of age tale is destined to be the next American classic. Light Changes Everything is the story of a resilient young feminist a century ahead of her time. Seeking friendship but finding foes, Mary Pearl not only learns how to write, read, and draw, but also how to act, dress, and be a woman. Days of travel by horse and by train carry her deep into a sophisticated new world of Northern girls’ schooling. With the promise of high society outings and a rich estate, Aubrey’s lustful courtship quickly creates petty tension among the three generations of Prine women.Īs autumn approaches all too quickly, Mary Pearl’s Wheaton College acceptance counters quick marriage preparations. In walks old-fashioned old-money suitor Aubrey Hanna, here to whisk seventeen year old Mary Pearl off her feet with a forbidden kiss and hasty engagement. Darcy à la Pride and Prejudice swirl through their day dreams.

Whispered read alouds preoccupy their nights, and reveries of getting hitched to their own Mr. Mary Pearl and her sister Esther take their minds off the heat by sneaking banned Jane Austen novels from Aunt Sarah Elliot’s lively bookshelf. It’s the summer of 1907 and the sun is scorching down on Mary Pearl in the Arizona Territory. Turner returns to the world of Sarah Agnes Prine through the wide-eyes of her irrepressible young niece, Mary Pearl. Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 37 minutesīestselling author Nancy E. These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 Arizona Territories by Nancy Turner, Vintage 1998 Hardcover Historical Novel.

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