Garret Grain by Mrs. Frank Lee
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ePublished by
Jan. 2019
Originally published 1894
Fiction, Mrs. Frank Lee, Christian, youth
Author: Mrs. Frank Lee
ePublished by
Jan. 2019
Originally published 1894
Fiction, Mrs. Frank Lee, Christian, youth
Author: Mrs. Frank Lee
The best novel by the greatest author you never heard of. Mrs. Frank Lee’s work fell into obscurity while arguably-less-talented contemporaries of this genre, like Horatio Alger and George Alfred Henty, achieved fame, but with this and other eBook republications of her work the error is being corrected. Originally published in 1894 and probably her first novel, Garret Grain; or, The House Blessed might be the best thing she ever wrote.
The story follows the fortunes and foibles of a family living in a house blessed by a runaway slave woman who was sheltered in the home’s garret and nursed back to health by the family’s ancestors. Through the years, the slave woman’s blessing has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Garret Grain” becomes the family motto, a constant reminder of the Christian life to which they aspire, and a rallying cry for whenever their human frailties threaten to make them come up short of their aspirations. Every page of this book is fairly dripping with wisdom, and Mrs. Lee’s insight into the human condition is so constant and so plentiful that the reader is eventually in danger of taking it for granted.
The story follows the fortunes and foibles of a family living in a house blessed by a runaway slave woman who was sheltered in the home’s garret and nursed back to health by the family’s ancestors. Through the years, the slave woman’s blessing has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Garret Grain” becomes the family motto, a constant reminder of the Christian life to which they aspire, and a rallying cry for whenever their human frailties threaten to make them come up short of their aspirations. Every page of this book is fairly dripping with wisdom, and Mrs. Lee’s insight into the human condition is so constant and so plentiful that the reader is eventually in danger of taking it for granted.