num_pages: 336
description: From Ivy Rowe's birth on Blue Star Mountain, her life is full of passion and longing as she writes letters to family and friends. Ivy's talent as a budding writer is recognized early on, but just as she is about to realize her dream of going north to school, she is betrayed by her passionate nature. Facing an unwed pregnancy and publicly admonished for her sins, Ivy marries a childhood friend who takes her back to the family homestead, where she bears several children and endures the endless toil of a farmer's wife. Through her trials Ivy holds firm, knowing that her life will hold happiness one day.
language: English
title: Fair and Tender Ladies
titlecomplete: Fair and Tender Ladies (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
characters: Ivy Rowe
genres: Historical, Adult, Southern, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming Of Age
ratings_count: 7588
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Weatherford Award
publisher: Ballantine Books