The Lost and Found of Green Tree (The Green Tree Series)

By Bobbie Candas

Book Overview

Two young women struggle to survive the daunting Great Depression; one uses ambition, guile, and the occasional white lie, while the other holds on with grit and imagination. The grueling economy of the 1930's has snaked its way into families, farms, and the small town of Green Tree, Iowa. Forging separate paths, Mariah and Nanette both suffer economically but use quite different tactics to find their way . A young Mariah yearns to leave her family's farm, and dreams of taking on a bustling career in New York. Instead, she's sidetracked by love, and at nineteen finds herself married to her highschool sweetheart, the mother of twin daughters, and living only a few miles from the crowded home she grew up in. Nanette is certain she's destined for a bigger life than what she sees in Green Tree. And she's not above using her looks and deceit to get ahead. The confident Nanette feels her future lies in the spotlight of Hollywood. Initially, the closest she gets to the movie industry is selling popcorn in the lobby of a Minnesota theater, but she is undaunted by challenges. As the economy worsens, both women encounter devastating tragedies, forcing changes to their earlier lofty goals. Mariah is pushed to make gut-wrenching decisions to care for her family, while Nanette finds herself locked in a bad relationship of her own making. After Mariah and Nanette meet, one makes a generous offer to the other, but later exacts a frightening price.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BCSF9XXC
• ISBN13: 9798839684454
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.3"