Kirjahaku

When Tom asked Janice to marry him, she smiled and said, "Yes, if I don't have to cook or have children." She is still lukewarm about cooking but says, "Bringing up our boys was one of the greatest joys of my life."The story begins with the couple's return from a journey around the world, as told in Honeymoon Hobos. Tom took up his architecture career in Austin, later teaching in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas. Janice resumed her teaching career at St. Andrew's Episcopal School until the couple decided to raise a family.Bringing up boys can be scary at times, but Tom taught them how to wrestle a bully to the ground and, by example, how to treat a woman. Janice says, "I loved being queen of the household."Tom and Janice created a home that "shelters daydreaming" to quote from The Poetics of Space. There, Tom taught the boys to draw and make things with their hands. Janice opened up the world to them by reading books aloud and planning family trips, including a climb to the summit of Mt. Rainier. Together they strove to encourage creativity, an adventurous spirit, knowledge of our cultural heritage, and empathy for other cultures.

Dear Reader, what is to become of us - of me, Sophie?Thus begins Sophie's second journal, written two years later. She is now fifteen years old, and the Civil War is three years old.Her first journal, Sophie's War, tells how she and her family live in constant danger as Unionists in the hill country of Texas, a state that has left the Union and joined the Confederacy.Now, as the war goes on, all the able men in Comfort have been forced to leave and fight on one side or the other, including Sophie's papa and her true love, Eduard. Sophie and other women must protect themselves from vigilantes and hostile Indians. Can Sophie and her family survive? Will the war ever end? Will Papa and Eduard return?

Dear Reader, what is to become of us - of me, Sophie?Thus begins Sophie's second journal, written two years later. She is now fifteen years old, and the Civil War is three years old.Her first journal, Sophie's War, tells how she and her family live in constant danger as Unionists in the hill country of Texas, a state that has left the Union and joined the Confederacy.Now, as the war goes on, all the able men in Comfort have been forced to leave and fight on one side or the other, including Sophie's papa and her true love, Eduard. Sophie and other women must protect themselves from vigilantes and hostile Indians. Can Sophie and her family survive? Will the war ever end? Will Papa and Eduard return?

In 5th century B.C. Greece, Aspasia is no ordinary girl. Raised by a worldly father, she is given the rare gift of an education. But when Aspasia's father dies, she's bound by his final request - to marry the man chosen for her and never live in sin with another. Her journey takes her from Miletus to Athens, a city alive with ideas, power, and strict expectations for women. There, under the rule of her traditional brother-in-law, Aspasia's thirst for knowledge is stifled - until an unexpected friendship with a boy named Socrates opens the door to a forbidden schoolroom and a fateful meeting with General Pericles. Captivated by the young girl, Pericles sees in her something rare. But Athenian law forbids their union, and as pressure mounts to accept an arranged marriage, Aspasia must choose between honoring her father's dying wish or following her heart. That choice will defy custom, challenge the laws of Athens, and change her future forever. A romantic adventure steeped in history, ASPASIA'S CHOICE tells the unforgettable story of a girl determined to live life on her own terms.

In 5th century B.C. Greece, Aspasia is no ordinary girl. Raised by a worldly father, she is given the rare gift of an education. But when Aspasia's father dies, she's bound by his final request - to marry the man chosen for her and never live in sin with another. Her journey takes her from Miletus to Athens, a city alive with ideas, power, and strict expectations for women. There, under the rule of her traditional brother-in-law, Aspasia's thirst for knowledge is stifled - until an unexpected friendship with a boy named Socrates opens the door to a forbidden schoolroom and a fateful meeting with General Pericles. Captivated by the young girl, Pericles sees in her something rare. But Athenian law forbids their union, and as pressure mounts to accept an arranged marriage, Aspasia must choose between honoring her father's dying wish or following her heart. That choice will defy custom, challenge the laws of Athens, and change her future forever. A romantic adventure steeped in history, ASPASIA'S CHOICE tells the unforgettable story of a girl determined to live life on her own terms.