A Long Time Coming Author:Phyllis A. Whitney When lovely young Christie Allard came to live with Aunt Amelia in Leola after her mother's death, she was not altogether displeased at the prospect of leading a quiet small-town life. But as heiress to the Allard Company, the town's major industry of growing and canning corn, she was soon swept up in the tensions between the migrant workers and... more » the local people. Raised in a large city, Christie had never before faced the problems of a community divided against itself. Still, she could not deny her compassion for the plight of the migrant workers, nor could she deny her attraction to Tom Webb, the handsome, outspoken young reporter crusading fearlessly for their human rights. Caught in the conflict between loyalty to her family's interests and her sympathy with a social cause, Christie is forced to take a stand that promises to change the whole direction of her life...« less