Well read used copy Pages yellowed Spine is slightly skewed from being read, but spine is in good condition All pages intact First 20 pages has a small stain on bottom - see photo Pen markings on back cover Fawcett Crest Books, 1962, 303 pages A timeless American classic rediscovered—an unforgettable saga of a heartland family. On a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy's fate will be the family's greatest tragedy. Over the decades they will love, deceive, comfort, forgive—and, ultimately, they will come to cherish all the more fiercely the bonds of love that hold the family together.