13 Sep Rising Above It: A Novel of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Great Depression
Hattie Barton’s life changes forever on October 24, 1929, the historic day of the New York Stock Market crash. She is suddenly forced to leave her palatial home in Calhoun, relocate to an apartment in her hometown in Greenville, and find work to support herself, her two young daughters Pauline and Alice, and her trusted housekeeper, Georgia.
When she takes a job as secretary in a small insurance firm, a potential romance develops between Hattie and her boss, Seth Snoddy However, an unexpected turn causes her to reevaluate whether she can ever settle for a marriage of convenience.
Hattie learns that the only way she will rise above her misfortune is to remain true to herself. It is this insight that empowers her to regain her hope in the future and move on. As she does, new possibilities arrive in the form of a letter from her first love, Will Kendrick.
The fourth book in the Barton Family Series, Rising Above It, continues the theme of love and reconciliation running through the previous novels.
Coming of Age Stories
In the first novel, Hattie’s Place, the reader meets Hattie Robinson in 1906, and follows her through her breakup with first love,Will Kendrick. It also follows her through her first year of teaching and her marriage to prominent businessman and attorney, Charles Barton.
The second novel, In the Fullness of Time, portrays Hattie as a young bride, who must reconcile her responsibilities as a wife and mother with her passion for the woman’s suffrage movement, 1913-1920, and with her lingering feelings for Will.
Set in the Civil Rights and Cold War Era
The third novel, Over the Mountain, skips a generation. It follows Hattie’s granddaughter, Harriet Oechsner, as her family moves to the highly affluent community of Mountain Brook, Alabama, 1961-1963. There she navigates through her junior and senior years in high school, amidst the climate of the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War.
Can Be Read in Sequence or Stand Alone
Sequentially, Rising Above It fits between Fullness of Time and Over the Mountain. The books are best read in that order; however, each is a stand alone story.
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If you’re a fan of twentieth century historical fiction with strong female characters, you’ll love The Barton Family Series.
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