Winter Harvest

SIGNED by AUTHOR, STATED FIRST EDITION, STATED FIRST PRINTING. July 2010 Five Star hardcover, Coralie Hughes Jensen (Passup Point) . By the 1830s, strict celibacy rules threaten the commune's survival. Without marriage and procreation, they have no offspring to fill the ranks of aging members. The community offers to take in and educate children, hoping they will eventually become devoted and productive members. When a recession hits toward the end of the decade, Lucy Hammond is left at Hancock while her parents move west in search of a new life. Her parents promise to return for her when they are settled. - Amazon