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Linda Martin
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Elsie was a schoolteacher in Arizona for a few years, starting in 1913. This book is a compilation of her short diary entries, plus a few letters home during that time. It was compiled by her granddaughter, Barbara Anne Waite, after Elsie passed away.

Barbara asked her grandmother whether she had ever loved anyone before marrying her grandfather. Elsie's tearful answer sets up a sense of mystery. The reader is enticed to read on, hoping to find out what mystery her grandmother had been keeping a
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