a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience
missing her mam and looking after Dad by letting him follow his newfound whimsy
how scallops see with dozens of eyes
the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions—affection
unfettered philosophical speculation
Buckeye shin a woman’s highest virtue wasIn the quiet town of Bonhomie, Ohio, a fleeting moment of passion in the jubilant days following the Allied victory in Europe forever binds two families. Cal Jenkinswounded not by war, but by his failure to fight in itfinds himself drawn to Margaret Salt, a woman desperate to bury her past. Cals wife, Becky, is a spiritualist who helps others commune with their dead, while Margarets husband, Felix, serves safely at seauntil a telegram shatters that