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The Fourth of July delivers more than just the local display of fireworks for Samuel and Julia Wortham. They return from the festivities in Dearing, Illinois, to find Samuel's brother Edward, out of prison and on their doorstep. Surprise turns to shock and confusion as Edward introduces a girl named Katie and declares that Samuel is her father.
Author Notes
Prior to her untimely death in 2011, Leisha Kelly was the author of several bestselling historical fiction books, including Julia's Hope , Emma's Gift , and Katie's Dream . She served many years on her local library board and was active in the ministries of her church.
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Booklist Review
Kelly sets this domestic drama in the farm country of downstate Illinois during the Depression. A virtuous family, Samuel and Julia Wortham and their children, are struggling to feed themselves. Their lives are complicated when Samuel's brother, Edward, shows up with a little girl named Kelly, whom he claims is Samuel's illegitimate daughter. The reader doesn't believe this for a moment, and Edward is portrayed as a snake just out of the penitentiary. But Kelly brings a real family to life and evokes the era--the one-room schoolhouses, the hand-me-down clothes, the reliance on garden vegetables and hunting for food--with great authority. --John Mort Copyright 2005 Booklist
