Miss Layla Beck, the daughter of a powerful Senator from Delaware refuses to marry the gentleman her father has chosen for her and is forced to get a job working for the FWP to write the first official account of Macedonian History.
In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck's father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal jobs program.
Annie Barrows is the author of the children's series Ivy and Bean, as well as The Magic Half and Magic in the Mix; she is also co-author, with Mary Ann Shaffer, of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Annie Barrows, celebrated co-author of the global bestsellerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters....
' 'An unexpected gem' 'I couldn't put this book down from the moment I started reading it.' Perfect for fans of Anne Tyler
Refusing to marry according to her senator father's wishes before taking a job with the Federal Writer's Project, Miss Layla Beck boards with an eccentric family in a backwater town before discovering long-kept secrets.