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Returning to her family home after losing her husband at the end of theirthirteenyear trip to Africa Aunt Catherine is frail and confused. Blind sincebirth Catherine now has to cope with new surroundings and unfamiliarrelatives. And only she and her middle son Jedidiah who accompanied his fatherand mother on their travels know the contents of her late husbands will andof the keepsake trunk stored all these years awaiting her return. As Catherinedisembarks from the ship she is welcomed by her childhood friend Becky andBeckys daughter Myrtle. Myrtle has also experienced loss her husband and herfather both died in a boating accident two years earlier leaving her with twosmall boys to raise. Written in a style reminiscent of the popular author ofthe time Victor Appleton the pseudonymous author of the Moving Picture Boysand Tom Swift series Aunt Catherine offers a glimpse into life in theAmerican northwest at the end of the Great Depression as it was experienced byCatherine and her extended family and friends. «
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