"A Daughter of Fife" by Amelia E. Barr is a story about Maggie Promoter, a brave young woman in a small Scottish fishing town called Pittenloch, who deals with lots of hard things at once. After her father and brothers are lost at sea, she feels grief and also starts to have feelings for a newcomer named Allan Campbell. The book shows the reader a picture of life by the sea and how important it is to the people who live there. Maggie is tested as she tries to figure out her emotions and deals with the reality of her life, which might cause problems with love, destiny, and what people expect in her town.
A Daughter of Fife
By Amelia E. Barr
In a coastal town where the sea takes and gives, a young woman must navigate loss, love, and the expectations of her community while her heart pulls her in unexpected directions.
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About the AuthorAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr was a British novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works include, Jan Vedder's Wife, A Border Shepherdess, Feet of Clay, Friend Olivia, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, Remember the Alamo, She Loved a Sailor, A Daughter of Fife, The Squire of Sanddal Side, Paul and Christina, Master of His Fate, The Household of McNeil, The Last of the Macallisters, Between Two Loves, A Sister to Esau, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves, A Singer from the Sea, The Beads of Tasmer, The Hallam Succession, The Lone House, Christopher and Other Stories, The Lost Silver of Briffault.
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr was a British novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works include, Jan Vedder's Wife, A Border Shepherdess, Feet of Clay, Friend Olivia, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, Remember the Alamo, She Loved a Sailor, A Daughter of Fife, The Squire of Sanddal Side, Paul and Christina, Master of His Fate, The Household of McNeil, The Last of the Macallisters, Between Two Loves, A Sister to Esau, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves, A Singer from the Sea, The Beads of Tasmer, The Hallam Succession, The Lone House, Christopher and Other Stories, The Lost Silver of Briffault.
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