Anything Once

A wiry orphan girl named Lou and her mysterious traveling companion, Jim Botts, embark on a week's journey from a quiet rural village to the glittering big city. Lou is rough around the edges, in need of proper clothes and refinement. Jim is a man of peculiar habits, seemingly governed by his own strange set of rules. As miles pass beneath their feet, an unlikely friendship forms between them, each quietly shaping the other in ways neither expected. But the question lingers: who is really helping whom? And which of them will prove daring enough to try anything once when the city and all its possibilities finally beckon? Written by Isabel Ostrander under the pseudonym Douglas Grant, this is a warm, observant portrait of human connection and the small transformations that happen along the road.