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David returns from oversees and meets his new baby, Davy. Penny ponders the question of a theatre career versus life in the country. As she considers marriage, will she choose Josh MacDonald, Terry Hayes, or Michael Drayton?

The first book of the Penny Parrish Series. Classic fiction from the 1940s. Carrol Houghton spends the summer with Penny Parrish and her warm and happy family at Fort Arden in Kansas. Never has Carrol enjoyed herself so! Penny shows Carrol the fun and adventures of life on a military base during a star-spangled summer. .

Book 4 of the Penny Parrish Series. After working hard in a summer stock company, Penny Parrish is cast in a Broadway show where she meets stage manager, Josh MacDonald. Penny learns more about life in the theatre and how it feels to wait for the curtain to go up on opening night.

Book 9 of the Jordon Series. Bitsy finds happiness in New York away from her large family, but when tragedy strikes she realizes the importance of people depending upon one another. The Jordons are a large military family. General Jordon, a widower with two children–Jenifer and Peter–marries a woman who has two daughters–Gwenn and Alice. From this marriage, an additional four children are born: twins, Susan and Neal, Vance, and Bitsy. General Jordon's second wife dies as does the General's brother and sister-in-law. The General's nephew, Donny, then joins the Jordon family creating a ...

Book 6 of the Penny Parrish Series. Penny has retired from the theatre to a country farm. A part in a Broadway show may pique her interest to return to the theatre. How will her husband's preferences influence her decision?

Going on sixteen year old Tippy Parrish is devastated when her father is ordered to Germany. Tippy earnestly attempts to gain the title of Miss Tippy in the eyes of the Parrishes beloved cook, Trudy. Tragedy in the Parrish household contributes to the emergence of Miss Tippy. The Tippy Parrish Series: These stories of Tippy and the wonderful Parrish family are extremely heartwarming and endearing. It is a delight for the reader to watch Tippy and her friends progress into adulthood and follow these beloved characters through both heartaches and wondrous revelations. As readers travel ...

At seventeen, Josie Campbell feels everything in her life is moving too fast for her. Unsure of what to do, Josie leaves Indiana to travel to Sea Haven Island to stay with a friend of her older sister Sandra. There she writes the story of her family's vagabond life, The Odd Ones. And there she meets a kindred spirit, Nils, who has also dropped out of college to run his family's boatyard.

Penny and Carrol begin to face more grown up problems in this Penny Parrish story yet never lose sight of their excitement and fun for life. Penny celebrates her eighteenth birthday with her friends and continues her celebration with a New York shopping trip with Carrol. Their fun is interrupted by the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. The two friends muster the courage and character that they have developed over their youth so they may face the heartbreak and uncertainties that war brings.

Tippy's memories of her fiance, Army Lieutenant Kenneth Prescott may interfere with her falling in love with Peter Jordon.

Penny and Carrol are reunited in this wonderful story taking place at West Point where the Parrishes have moved. Penny's brother, David, attends West Point Academy and Carrol and Penny spend most of their time together between Carrol's New York penthouse and Penny's West Point home. A chance meeting with a famous actress contributes to Penny's plan to become an actress.

Book 2 of the Jordon Series. The Jordon and Parrish families meet! A rather self centered Gwenn tries to push her sister Alice into the background, but it just may not work when it comes to Bobby Parrish.

The unconventional Campbell family manage to weather a double-barreled revolt in Haiti. The good-natured fifteen-year-old Josie meets a slightly timid and unenthusiastic Scott Maitland who holds up surprisingly well through a series of disturbing events. Josie and her older sister Sandra are each put to the test through circumstances they have never encountered before.

Book 5 of the Jordon Series. Susan spends her summer working in the Parrish home. Romantic questions ensue. Bitsy returns home from England a different girl. The Jordon family copes with family problems...and love. The Jordons are a large military family. General Jordon, a widower with two children–Jenifer and Peter–marries a woman who has two daughters–Gwenn and Alice. From this marriage, an additional four children are born: twins, Susan and Neal, Vance, and Bitsy. General Jordon's second wife dies as does the General's brother and sister-in-law. The General's nephew, Donny, then ...

The irrepressible, unpredictable Campbell family returns to the United States to live in Wallaceville, the college town where Dr. Campbell had been a professor. Eighteen year old Sandra and fifteen year old Josie find small town life a fascinating novelty. Beautiful Sandra is being courted by handsome and wealthy Jay while the impetuous Josie wins the lead in the school play, falls in love with the leading man and makes her first real friend in Anna Harding McCabe. The youngest Campbell, Tenny, aged ten, also find his place in this wonderful new world.

Tippy Parrish becomes Mrs. Peter Jordon. The young couple adjusts to married life in their new home in Panama.

Major Kane is transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia. The Major's wife, Marcia and daughter, Leigh are averse to moving and make life difficult for the family. The delightful Candy is well loved by the Fort Benning post. She meets and eventually dates sixteen year old Barton Reed.

Fourteen year old Cinda Hollister sets out to help her third cousin Paula Marsh. Paula is deeply troubled by her mother's plans to re-marry and Cinda tries to persuade her to accept her new stepfather, Frederick Aldrich. As she plots and plans her strategies, she has plenty of time to enjoy beach parties and many good times with her family and friends. By selling a beloved boat and pooling their savings, the young Hollisters manage to buy their father a second-hand cabin cruiser! Paula sees their unselfishness at work and considers opening her mind and heart to those who love her.

After an eventful year of school and college, a new experience for Josie and Sandra Campbell, the girls find themselves on their way to Haiti, where they are to join their parents and sail the Pakhoi, the family's Chinese junk, to New York.

Dria returns to Gran's Virginia farm along with her friends, dubbed "Gran's troupe:" Holly, Bob, Joey, the Beckworth twins, Willie and Millie and her friend Chads from the adjoining farm. The group of teens have great fun at Lane Acres as they run the washing machine, help with household chores, plant and weed a garden and sell their produce. Dria prepares to ride Star Dream in the County Fair Horse Show when the unexpected happens...

Book 8 of the Jordon Series. The week before a Jordon wedding makes a perfect setting for a warmhearted, tender story by Janet Lambert.The Jordons are a large military family. General Jordon, a widower with two children–Jenifer and Peter–marries a woman who has two daughters–Gwenn and Alice. From this marriage, an additional four children are born: twins, Susan and Neal, Vance, and Bitsy. General Jordon's second wife dies as does the General's brother and sister-in-law. The General's nephew, Donny, then joins the Jordon family creating a family of ten–the General and his nine ...