Review: An Awesome Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
I enjoyed reading the story about Maude Abernathy & John Powers. Maude is nineteen years old and its time she married, the only prospects she has is Hoarce Templeton and he's the bank president he's forty years old and makes her skin crawl, his mouth smells and his hair is greasy. She absolutely does not want to marry him, but her father insists that she does. Maude has been volunteering down at the orphanage since she was fifteen, it was originally part time, now since she's been out of school for two years its full time, and she loves the work. On her way home one day she stops to see if there is any mail, and over hears two women talking about mail-order brides. She stops to think, marry somebody I do know, yuck, or marry somebody I don't know, sounds good. So she speaks with the lady, Harriet about the possibility of becoming a mail-order bride. They go over to a small eatery and have pie and coffee and discuss the details. Maude reads several letters as does Harriet and between the two women they pick their favorites, then they wheedle that down to two. One is from a man named Benjamin who just lost his wife to Scarlett fever and needs a wife to take care of his two daughters five and three and to help run the mercantile store he owns. The other is from a man named John Powers who as a farm and is in need of a wife. She decides to write to John, and Harriet sends the letter off. A month later she gets a letter and a train ticket, so she packs two bags, meets Harriet at night and has her hold the two bags. Then on Monday morning she leaves for work, meets Harriet at the train station and gets on the train. Four days later she arrives in Iowa and meets her future husband John. Read the story because it will make you laugh and cry.