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The Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee
The Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee Author:Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver Survival in the Ozark Mountains was never easy. And in the sixteenth year of Littabelle Lee's life, it seemed staying alive might be downright impossible. But Littabelle wasn't the kind to give up easily. When the house burned down, she helped Maw Maw and Paw Paw move what little was left into the barn. When Aunt ... more »Sorrow ran off, Littabelle never said a word against her. When Paw Paw took sick, she nursed him the way Sorrow had taught her.
But Littabelle knew she couldn't take Sorrow's place as the local healer. With debts piling up, no food to tide them through the winter, and nothing but a drafty old barn roof over their heads, Littabelle had to face the truth. Maw Maw and Paw Paw were too old to help themselves. It was all up to her. And so she set out to meet her whys and wherefores, even if it meant turning the whole county upside down. « less