The World of Jennie G. - Paperback

by Elisabeth Ogilvie (Author)

Jennie and Alick Gilchrist are bound for the coast of Maine, fleeing Scotland and its painful memories. They immediately set to building a new life for themselves--Alick building boats, and Jennie teaching the well-to-do MacKenzie children--but while Alick is fixing to live out his days on American soil, Jennie is biding her time and saving money for the passage back to England.

Author Biography

Elisabeth Ogilvie wrote 46 books including Jennie About to Be, Jennie Gilroy, and the Tide Trilogy. In 1947 she won the New England Women's Press Association award for Storm Tide. Ogilvie grew up in the greater Boston area, but lived in Maine from 1944 until her death in 2006 and remains one of Maine's best loved writers.