Publication date 2003 Topics Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796. Told in diary form, Ann Rinaldi paints a sensual picture of time and place as readers are given an intimate glimpse into the heart of a child as she grows to become a woman. A ride into morning Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. As romance blossoms and Rose begins to find her place, she discovers that strength of character does not come easily but is essential for happiness. These tasks are difficult enough without the added complication that she and her new husband barely know one another. As mistress of the large Victorian estate on Dorchester Road, she must learn to make decisions, establish her independence, and run an efficient household. Rose's new life with her handsome and wealthy husband in Brooklyn, New York is both scary and exciting. It's 1900-the dawn of a new century-and never in her wildest dreams did fifteen-year-old Rose Frampton ever think she'd leave behind her family and home on the peaceful shores of her island plantation in South Carolina.especially not to live with a new husband in the land of Yankees.īut she is doing just that. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey.
Rinaldi attributes her interest in history to her son, who enlisted her to take part in historical reenactments up and down the East Coast. A self-made writer and newspaper columnist for twenty-one years, Ms.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone lived in a house made of a strong Tabby foundation with a double piazza held up by great pillars and a front yard that sloped down to the water? If everyone cold hear the wind in the palmetto trees and taste the sand in their mouths when the wind blew? And what about the tides that flow toward land twice each day, then back out again?" ANN RINALDI is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life.
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