The Ruined Castles of Mid-Lothian: Their Position, Their Families, Their Ruins, and Their History (1894)

A true friend is hard to find, even harder to keep. Two young, talented, blessed with love for nature, art and teaching women find themselves in the most despairing situations. Nevertheless, when Geneva Lawrence juggles a falling-apart marital relationship with a progressing illness, her best friend of several years, Christina, struggles to overcome the death of her college sweetheart and raise a child on her own, the candles of their lives keep burning with the help of the fire that withstands social differences, ruined adolescent dreams, physical hurts and loneliness. They keep on, Christina sharing her integrity and feminine wisdom, and Geneva her tender care. Christinaas little daughter Nicole makes their connection even stronger. Knowing they can count on each other makes the two friends more resolute in coming to their life choices. A cold divorce attorney and a shadow of a deceased Jacob can no longer jeopardize the womenas future.