Ladies-In-Waiting

Three romantic tales of longing and laughter from the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The title novella introduces Thomasina 'Tommy' Tucker, a spirited American singer who sails for England with dreams of a career, only to encounter Fergus Appleton, a disillusioned Englishman whose fascination with her talent sparks something he thought dead. Huldah the Prophetess delivers a wry comedy of superstition, as a charming but eccentric young woman nearly loses her love to her own peculiar beliefs. A Cathedral Courtship follows Kitty Schuyler and John Copley, who must engineer ever-more-ingenious encounters to dodge Kitty's fearsome spinster aunt. Wiggin writes with sharp eyes for social comedy and a tender understanding of how love arrives precisely when we're busy wanting something else entirely. These are graceful, witty portraits of courtship in an era when a woman needed both wit and patience to claim her happiness.