Edith Hobson Declares Independence

Responsible spinster Edith Hobson has carved a place for herself in her small Nebraska town after a humiliating public disgrace years before. But the return of her old beau, now crippled after serving in the American Ambulance Service, stirs up old gossip, the hostility of her demanding family, and a host of unwanted feelings within Edith herself.

Now a successful draftsman in an Omaha architectural firm, Frank Novotny represents everything Edith on...