Books author - "Edna Ferber"
Description Selina Peake moves from Chicago to a rural Dutch farming area just outside the city to teach in a one room school. As she attempts to fit into the community, she learns about her own strength in adapting to rural life. She marries an uneducated but sweet Dutch farmer named Pervus DeJong and has a son, Dirk, nicknamed βSo Big.β She wishes her son to have the same appreciation for the arts and education she has, and although he becomes an architect, his disillusionment with the
Description Selina Peake moves from Chicago to a rural Dutch farming area just outside the city to teach in a one room school. As she attempts to fit into the community, she learns about her own strength in adapting to rural life. She marries an uneducated but sweet Dutch farmer named Pervus DeJong and has a son, Dirk, nicknamed βSo Big.β She wishes her son to have the same appreciation for the arts and education she has, and although he becomes an architect, his disillusionment with the