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Stay a Little Longer

Dorothy Garlock

Rachel Watkins has her hands full. Her mother had been the town midwife but after her daughter Alice died under her care she refused to assist in a childbirth ever again. Since then Rachel has assumed the work. She also takes care of Alice's six-year old Charlotte because the child's father was lost in World War I. But Rachel's principal job is running the boardinghouse that is the family's main source of income.

One day Charlotte befriends a stranger ill with influenza a man who has taken refuge in an old cabin in the woods nearby. Although badly scarred by wounds suffered in the War he is strong and slowly recovers. When he gradually takes on odd jobs around the house Rachel accepts his help. She is drawn to him despite his disfigurement and his voice is comforting vaguely familiar . . .
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  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : DEC 1, 2010
  • Imprint : Grand Central Publishing
  • Page Extent : 368
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780446540186
  • Price : INR 530
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Dorothy Garlock

Dorothy Garlock is the author of more than 50 novels that have sold 15 million+ combined copies and are published in 15 languages. She lives in Iowa.

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