Afternoon In Pearls

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Set against the backdrop of significant historical events, this coming-of-age story follows Lily Pearl Edmondson as she navigates life from her idyllic childhood in Oahu, Hawaii, through the challenges of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the Great War, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the end of WWII. Her journey takes her from oil-rich Texas to various locations across America and abroad, where she faces trials that shape her into an empowered woman, learning resilience and grace along the way.