The Golden Key; Or, A Heart's Silent Worship

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs., 1843-1926

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Golden Key; Or, A Heart's Silent Worship" by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story focuses on the poignant themes of love, loss, and deception surrounding the lives of its primary characters, including Alice Brewster, her husband Adam, and a nurse named Nancy Porter. The novel's opening sets a tone of drama as these characters grapple with emotional turmoil stemming from the loss of a child and an ensuing secret surrounding an abandoned baby. At the start of the book, the reader is introduced to Alice Brewster, who is devastated by the death of her infant daughter shortly after birth. While Alice struggles with her grief, her sister Nancy, a skilled nurse, is determined to support her. The narrative takes a turn when Nancy discovers an abandoned baby with a note attached to her blanket, appealing for someone to care for the child. Overwhelmed by the circumstances and driven by her concern for Alice, Nancy decides to adopt the abandoned baby as her own, hiding the truth from Alice and Adam Brewster. This act of secrecy sets the stage for unfolding drama and complications as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2016-01-13