Seventeen-year-old Susanna must assume the motherly duties of caring for her two younger siblings. With her family counting on her, the heroine attempts to make a new life centered around a sodhouse on the unsettled Kansas prairie. Susanna is befriended by an old mountain man, who helps her through the hardship and loneliness of existence on the plains. She soon falls in love with the schoolmaster, whose past is dark, mysterious, and dangerous, and with whom she finds satisfaction and fulfillment. This novel will appeal to young readers and adults alike.

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A boy of morals, compassion and dreams becomes a man of immorality, passion and nightmares. Praise for Oh SusannaBack Cover Text Dave has crafted a compelling, deeply human story. Gayle Brandies, author of Self Storage and The Book of Dead Birds A powerful story of a complex character who Frey managed to make despicable and funny and sympathetic all at the same time. Kathryn Lynn Davis, author of To Deep For LoveTim McGowan is driving around Talbot County, deciding whether he should live or die.It wasnt supposed to be this way. Raised by his maternal grandmother in a small West Virginia town, Tim had a plan: Get an education. Become a teacher. Marry and raise kids. It didnt include the family curse of alcoholism and ruined dreams. Then, life happened.Oh Susanna follows one mans stunning reversal of fortune as it explores mankinds ability to inflict pain, sense guilt, and seek redemption. As Tim loses his teaching career, his wife and his daughter, he will confront the awful truth that he has become his own worst enemy, acting out his life based solely on a destructive pleasure principle and lust. Even knowing the consequences of error after error, Tim continues to annihilate the feelings of those he knows and loves. But there remains one last chance to save himselfand his legacy.Feelingly told, Oh Susanna is a vibrant, moving, and surprisingly funny novel of human frailty, faith and hope.