Hattie Barton's life changes forever on October 24, 1929, the historic day of the New York Stock Market crash. She is suddenly forced to leave her palatial home in Calhoun, relocate to an apartment in her hometown in Greenville, and find work to support herself, her two young daughters Pauline and Alice, and her trusted housekeeper, Georgia. When she takes a job as secretary in a small insurance firm, a potential romance develops between Hattie and her boss, Seth Snoddy However, an unexpected turn causes her to reevaluate whether she can ever settle for a marriage of convenience.Hattie learns that the only way she will rise above her misfortune is to remain true to herself. It is this insight that empowers her to regain her hope in the future and move on. As she does, new possibilities arrive in the form of a letter from her first love, Will Kendrick. The fourth book in the Barton Family Series, Rising Above It, continues the theme of love and reconciliation running through the previous novels.
| Author: Katherine P. Stillerman |
| Publisher: Independently Published |
| Publication Date: Sep 12, 2019 |
| Number of Pages: 248 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1088730930 |
| ISBN-13: 9781088730935 |
