Ann M Pearson

A State of Independence Ann M Pearson

Numb from the loss of her family, Julia Donnelly leaves everything she knows in a small university town in upstate New York to honor her late father's last request. She travels to Independence, Texas, home of William and Catharine Crane, her father's friends. Together with their large family, the Cranes bolster the church, community, and the struggling Baylor College in the years after the Civil War. Set in the midst of new beginnings for the nation, Julia must decide which dreams to follow.