The author had a varied view of the shifting world during nine decades of the Twentieth Century. Her conventional life as an Army daughter ended abruptly in 1922 when her father died. She lived in Washington DC with her widowed mother, with the ex...

This novel is concerned with the problem of honesty in personal relationships, in political life, and in the church. Most of the events described occur in Washington D.C. during the Depression and in the pre-war Thirties. Some of the characters ...