George Carpenter's wife Carrie is out of town - and he has fallen in love with Irene Cobalt, his young Indian housekeeper. Local attorney Clarence Black thinks Cobalt is only sixteen, and wants sheriff Frank Girard to put an end to their association. But when Girard informs Black that Carpenter is not flouting the law...
The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.
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