A Room of My Own
In A Room of My Own, Virginia, the 13-year-old daughter of a wealthy doctor’s family, sees her life forever altered by the Great Depression. Wrapped up in dreams of boys and marriage, she is brought back to a harsh reality when her uncle loses his job and his whole family is forced to move in with the Eides.
Slightly resentful, Virginia doesn’t fully understand why Jim can’t just get another job. Visits to “Soo City,” a housing camp for the homeless on the edge of their town, open Virginia’s eyes. Along with her doctor father, Virginia helps care for the homeless.
Virginia also begins to realize that God may not only have a place in her day-to-day life but has plans for her entire lifetime. Tatlock’s first novel brings the Depression era to life, especially in its depiction of the of Soo City residents.
- About the author: Ann Tatlock is the author of the Christy Award-winning novel All the Way Home. She has also won the Midwest Independent Publishers Association “Book of the Year” in fiction for both All the Way Home and I’ll Watch the Moon. Ann lives with her husband and daughter in Asheville, North Carolina.
