Hardcover in Good condition with original light blue cloth publisher's binding, heavily faded on the spine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Damage to head and tail of spine, bumping to corners. Tanned pages with deckle edges. Octavo. 400 pages.
On a dreary, cold, and snowy day in a small town in 1919 Indiana, peddler Hannah Parmalee appears at the door of a kind couple, Paul Ward and his wife, Marcia, selling apple peelers. Asked by Mrs. Ward to come inside and warm up, Hannah sees that they are struggling financially and are in need of some domestic help. She offers her services and becomes their cook and housekeeper for room and board. In the end, she has more of an impact on their lives than they could have imagined.
