Understood Betsy
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her “horrid Putney cousins.” But when her aunt can no longer care for her, Elizabeth Ann must leave her sheltered life to live in the wilds of Vermont with those distant relatives.,,In the beginning, Elizabeth Ann is shocked by country living–pets are allowed to sleep in the hou….Read More
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