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THe novel portrays two sisters. Amanda and Mathilda Starkey, whose lives were drastically changed on a cold winter night of the year 1919. Amanda, (Mandy for short) the elder of the two, worked at a hospital as a nurse who coaxed soldiers back into proper shape. She considered herself to be a brilliant nurse, until one day, she had been laid off, not permanently, but because of her hallucinations and various accidents that concerned both her and those around her. She later decided to return home to the farm with her family in Nagwaukee.
Mathilda, (Mattie for short), being eight years younger, instead decided to get married, help her parents on the farm, and raise a family. Both Mandy and Mattie shared a close relationship. So close that they were almost inseparable. But things began to change when Carl stepped on to the scene.
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Upon her return, she mt a man in the hospital by the name of Clement Owens. So her supervisor insisted that she take a break.
Mandy was very succesfful in hinding secrets.
Instead, Mandy decided to take matters into her own hands. One of her evil plots took place on one of her regular visits to the farm, but this was no ordinary visit. She and Owens became very well aquainted and started dating. On this visit, Amanda continuously stressed herconcern of being the eldest child after their brother had been killed in a serious car accident. IF it were Mandy, she would've been severely punished. Clement later informed her that he was currently married, and that hse ould have to understand.
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