Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hill.
VIRGINIA SORENSEN (1912-1991) was born in Utah, and it was her family's own stories that influenced her early novels of the American West.
Author. Autodidact. History lover. Entrepreneur. Champion of old books, the Old West, and underdog football (⚽) teams. Usually to be found in another century.
Virginia Sorensen's MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL and Hal Borland's THIS HILL, THIS VALLEY (published within a year of each other, incidentally) are the perfect child-adult book companions.
"Warm and real . . . packed with incident, country magic, family lore, and people to remember."--The New York Times Book Review
"Vivid descriptions . . . and excellent characterization mark each page of the book."--Chicago Tribune
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