Understood Betsy, Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Understood Betsy, Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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Understood Betsy

Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Narrator: Bobbie Frohman

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014


Synopsis

Elizabeth Ann was orphaned at an early age and raised by her maiden aunts in the busy city. Sudden illness forces the aunts to send Betsy to other relatives, the Putnams, who live in the country on a farm. Betsy learns all about the farm and making butter and applesauce and dearly loves her new life. Then one of the aunts comes back and wants to take Betsy back to the city … such a dilemma! Children can readily relate to Betsy, a real girl in a real world where fortune seems to direct her life. She so loves being on the farm and doing all the things a farm girl does, including going to school. When fate again intervenes and tries to take her away from the life she loves, Betsy, though torn, bounds into another day of farm life, full of love for all she comes in contact with, and grows into a beautiful young lady.

Author Bio

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) was a pioneer in children’s literature. In addition to writing more than fifty books for children, she was a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club and a key reviewer for the New York Times. While Ms. Fisher lived most of her life in New York City, she retained an enormous affection for the hills of Vermont, where she was raised.

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