The book is written in the form of a journal kept by Catherine Hall, a young girl living in a rural village in New England with her widower father and younger sister. The journal details her daily life between the years of 1830 and 1832.
The book is presented as a diary kept by Catherine Hall, a young girl living in a rural village in New England with her widowed father and younger sister. The journal chronicles her daily life between the years of 1830 and 1832.