The Cloudy Jewel

A Restored & Cozy 1920s Christian Romance of Found Family, College Sweethearts, and Second Chances Lovingly Annotated

When orphaned college girl Leslie Cloud drags her beloved aunt Julia (affectionately nicknamed “Cloudy Jewel”) out of a lonely spinster existence and into a whirlwind of college life, neither of them expects what comes next:

• a villainous sorority queen with a grudge,
• a quarry that feels more like a cathedral,
• two very determined young men who refuse to let the girls they love face trouble alone,
• and one spectacularly useless houseguest named Clive Terrence who somehow manages to be the final push every couple needs to realize they’re desperately in love.

First published in 1920 and now lovingly restored line-by-line, Cloudy Jewel is peak Grace Livingston Hill: wholesome, heart-fluttering, and cozy enough to read under your favorite quilt with a cup of cocoa. Think Anne of Green Gables meets a 1920s campus romance, complete with canoes, class poems, hemlock shadows, and the gentle reminder that God can turn even the cloudiest jewels into something radiant.

Grab your sweater, settle in, and fall in love all over again.