Phyllis

Phyllis Forsythe arrives in Byrdsville with silk dresses and a lonely heart. Uprooted from city life for her mother's health, she finds herself alienated in a small town that views her wealth as a wall rather than a door. She watches Roxanne Byrd from afar, Roxanne, who lives in a modest cottage behind the estate, who seems to belong anywhere and everywhere. When friendship finally sparks between them, and with Roxanne's brother Lovelace, Phyllis begins to understand what her fortune has always obscured: that connection cannot be purchased, only risked. This 1914 novel captures the quiet ache of a wealthy girl learning that the only currency that matters is authenticity itself.