Description: In 1879 life offers very few choices for a seventeen-year-old girl. Eliza Jane Ludlow, eldest daughter of a large family, must leave her beloved grandma behind in New York and move with Mumma and the other children to join Papa on a virgin farm near Huron City, Michigan. She struggles to meet the expectations of her family.
Brief description: Lila Osborn Mechling is a retired teacher and writer. She lives on five acres in rural Multnomah County, Oregon, with her husband, Mike. She loves to delve into genealogy and the history surrounding people of the past.