R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 8/13/2014 + 1438 more book reviews

Cora Carlisle is an orphan who does not know who she is. While she knows friendship, she has yet to find love until she meets the handsome lawyer who woos her. When she becomes pregnant, her life feels complete until she discovers a secret that her husband has kept from everyone. Trapped in her marriage, she decides she must find her birth parents. The opportunity arises when fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks is slated to study dance in New York. Louise needs a chaperone for the trip. Cora applies and finds herself on her way. The willful Louise is difficult and will do what what she wants with or without Cora's approval or accompaniment.

As the story unfolds, Cora learns more about herself than she believed possible. Yes, she finds her birth mother but she also finds friendship and discovers that Louise has much to teach her as well. Chaperoning her is far different from rearing twin boys! When she returns home her outlook on life has become quite different from that of her friends. She understands the world is changing and eventually finds peace and happiness even in Kansas. I enjoyed this charming and heart warming read very much.

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