cover image Adopted Jane

Adopted Jane

Helen F. Daringer. Green Mansion Press, $12.95 (223pp) ISBN 978-0-9714612-4-6

Long out of print, a pair of novels is now available for a new generation of readers. Greenwillow (1956) by B.J. Chute takes place in the titular town and concerns a young man who, though convinced he cannot marry, falls in love. First published in 1947, Adopted Jane by Helen Fern Daringer, illus. by Kate Seredy, explores the experience of a neglected orphan spending the summer with two different hosts; when both parties offer her a permanent home, she faces an unexpected decision.