Eight poignant tales vividly portray patient, self-reliant heroines living in small New England villages .Well-known title story plus and "A New England Nun, and " and "Old Woman Magoun, and " and "Gentian, and " and "One Good Time, and " and "The Selfishness of Amelia Lamkin, and " and "The Apple Tree, and " and and "The Butterfly. and " An excellent sampling of regional work by one of America's best-known women writers.