The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance

Lucy Josling loves John Baines, but loving him means sharing a calling that was never hers. When John prepares to leave for Africa as a missionary, Lucy faces an impossible choice: follow the man she loves into a life she never chose, or stay behind in their small English village, bound to a future that feels like a cage. John's mother disapproves. The village whispers. And Lucy, who has always dreamed of adventure herself, must decide whether the life of a missionary's wife is a sacrifice or a surrender. Set in the late nineteenth century but published in 1921, this is a quiet novel about the heavy cost of doing what seems right. It's for anyone who has ever wondered whether love requires you to become someone you don't recognize.