A Proper Pursuit

Name: A Proper Pursuit
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Author: Lynn Austin
ISBN: 9781436116367

Author: Lynn Austin

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda

Unabridged: 16 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/04/2008

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious

Synopsis

It seems a perfect backdrop for what Violet Hayes longs to experience: a little mystery, a little romance.

To be honest, it is more than a little mystery. She schemed her way to Chicago to discover the mother she barely remembered. As for romance—well, with the help of her grandmother and three great aunts, that is coming along nicely as well—perhaps too well. Each of her relatives—including her saintly grandmother—seems to have a separate agenda for her.

In the course of a summer, Violet's world will open wide before her eyes. But in the wake of discovery, she must find a way to determine which path—and which man—will ultimately be the right lifetime choice for her.

A Christy Award Winner

About Lynn Austin

Lynn Austin has sold more than 1.5 million copies of her books worldwide. A former teacher who now writes and speaks full-time, she has won eight Christy Awards for her historical fiction. One of those novels, Hidden Places, has also been made into an Original Hallmark Channel movie. Lynn and her husband have raised three children and make their home in western Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tweety on March 20, 2015

First of all, ignore the deathly boring cover. The cover features a little girl who looks like she belongs on the cover of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, while the book isn't about a child but Violet, who has just graduated finishing school and is out to find her role in life. Whether that's marrying the......more

Goodreads review by Jocelyn on April 27, 2018

I LOVED this book! I loved that through Violet's grandmother and three aunts, we saw very different aspects of Chicago, the Word's Fair, and women's roles in 1893. Readers are swept into the suggragette movement, the gilded fancy-pants world (complete with the benefits and pitfalls of wealth) and in......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on February 23, 2020

Distraught over her father’s impending marriage and recently informed that her mother is alive, Violet travels to Chicago. She is presumably there to attend the Chicago World’s Fair and find a husband, but really plans to search for her mother. Violet is introduced to several worlds in Chicago. Her......more