Ester Ried

This book is about Ester Reid, a young girl running her family’s boardinghouse largely on her own in the early 1900’s. Her mother being quite often sick, Ester has a very large share of the responsibilities. The hard work makes her irritable, and it is hard to keep her patience with the many people she must deal with daily, especially her bright younger sister, Sadie. Ester often finds it very difficult to keep her promise of several years before - to follow Jesus. Then one day a series of ...