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Jennie About to Be
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Down East Books
Publication date
July 1, 2016
Pages
352
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781608936120
ISBN-10
1608936120
Dimensions
0 by 6 by 9 in.
Original list price
$18.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In 1809, marriage was the best a spirited, healthy, and intelligent girl could hope for, especially if she was an orphan without a fortune. Jennie Hawthorne has been hustled to London by her well-meaning aunt to secure just such a marriage, though Jennie despises the prospective wife parade and yearns for her childhood home by the North Sea. All that changes when she falls for the dashing soldier Nigel Gilchrist, marrying him after a whirlwind romance. Nigel wastes no time whisking his bride to the Scottish Highlands where he will serve as manager to the family estate.
In Scotland Jennie is faced with the realities of the Highland Clearances: tenant cottagers forcibly evicted from their homes by lairds to make way for sheep and grazing land. When Jennie learns that both Nigel and his brother are complicit in such clearances, she finds her heart warring with her conscience. She defies Nigel and his brother, doing what she can to help the cottagers, and helping Alick Gilchrist resist the clearances. But their efforts bring disaster: a tragic accident makes Alick a hunted fugitive, and Jennie is compelled by circumstance to throw her lot in with his as they face an arduous journey across mountains to ultimately escape the strife-ridden Highlands.
In Scotland Jennie is faced with the realities of the Highland Clearances: tenant cottagers forcibly evicted from their homes by lairds to make way for sheep and grazing land. When Jennie learns that both Nigel and his brother are complicit in such clearances, she finds her heart warring with her conscience. She defies Nigel and his brother, doing what she can to help the cottagers, and helping Alick Gilchrist resist the clearances. But their efforts bring disaster: a tragic accident makes Alick a hunted fugitive, and Jennie is compelled by circumstance to throw her lot in with his as they face an arduous journey across mountains to ultimately escape the strife-ridden Highlands.
Editions
Hardcover
from McGraw-Hill (April 1, 1984)
9780070477698 | details & prices | List price $14.95
About: During the Napoleonic wars the Highland lairds decide to increase sheep raising acreage, but this involves evicting tenant farmers
About: During the Napoleonic wars the Highland lairds decide to increase sheep raising acreage, but this involves evicting tenant farmers
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Down East Books (July 1, 2016)
9781608936120 | details & prices | 352 pages | List price $18.95
About: In 1809, marriage was the best a spirited, healthy, and intelligent girl could hope for, especially if she was an orphan without a fortune.
About: In 1809, marriage was the best a spirited, healthy, and intelligent girl could hope for, especially if she was an orphan without a fortune.
from Down East Books (June 1, 1994)
9780892723454 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $13.95
About: In 1809, marriage was the best a spirited, healthy, and intelligent girl could hope for, especially if she was an orphan without a fortune.
About: In 1809, marriage was the best a spirited, healthy, and intelligent girl could hope for, especially if she was an orphan without a fortune.
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