Elsie's experiences changes from girlhood to womanhood, her family is also undergoing change. In this third volume Elsie matures into a young woman as her father falls in love, marries, and provides her with a brother and sister: Horace Jr. and Rosebud. Elsie experiences a bittersweet agony in her first love and her first heartbreak, only to discover that true love has been with her almost as long as she can remember.

As Elsie Dinsmore grows up and becomes a young woman, her family also experiences major changes when her father remarries.

Martha Finley was a 19th century American author of children's stories. Her characters were good children rewarded for their high moral character. She wrote Elsie Dinsmore in 1867. Elsie was a virtuous Christian girl who resisted small temptations. Finley wrote 27 books about Elsie taking her through her adult life and ending with her as a grandmother. This series was popular in the United States and in Britain selling over 25,000,000 books. Elsie's Girlhood is the sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands"

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A pious young girl has difficulty establishing a relationship with her wordly father who seems indifferent to her religious principles.