"The Heart's Kingdom" by Maria Thompson Daviess is a story from the late 1800s about Charlotte Powers, a brave woman figuring out who she is and what people expect from her. Charlotte's story explores love, faith, and what happens when wanting to be yourself clashes with what society wants. After coming home from New York, Charlotte finds her dad has built a chapel in her garden, which makes her feel like religion is taking over her life. Talking with Nickols, who wants to be more than friends, and Reverend Goodloe, who is kind of mysterious, Charlotte wrestles with her worries about religion and starts to understand herself better; this sets the scene for complicated relationships and a fight between new ideas and old ways as she deals with the men who question what she thinks.
The Heart's Kingdom
By Maria Thompson Daviess
A headstrong woman finds herself torn between love, faith, and the courage to live life on her own terms.
Summary
About the AuthorMaria Thompson Daviess was an American artist and feminist author. She is best known for her popular novels written in the early 20th century, with a "Pollyanna" outlook, as well as several short stories, among them, “Miss Selina Sue and the Soap-Box Babies," "Sue Saunders of Saunders Ridge" and "Some Juniors.". Daviess was affiliated with the Equal Suffrage League in Kentucky, being the co-founder and vice-president of the chapter in Nashville and an organizer of the chapter in Madison.
Maria Thompson Daviess was an American artist and feminist author. She is best known for her popular novels written in the early 20th century, with a "Pollyanna" outlook, as well as several short stories, among them, “Miss Selina Sue and the Soap-Box Babies," "Sue Saunders of Saunders Ridge" and "Some Juniors.". Daviess was affiliated with the Equal Suffrage League in Kentucky, being the co-founder and vice-president of the chapter in Nashville and an organizer of the chapter in Madison.
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