The Enchanted Barn, by Grace Livingston Hill, Chapters 1, 2, and 3

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. In 1918, as World War I was raging in Europe and the tragedy of the Spanish Flu epidemic was beginning to sweep across the world, the writer Grace Livingston Hill published her thirty-third book. The Enchanted Barn is a story about a charming, courageous, and forthright girl named Shirley Hollister. Brave and resourceful Shirley reminds me a little bit of Nancy Drew, even though Nancy wouldn’t appear on the literary scene for another twelve years. When we meet Shirley, she is dreadfully worried about where her family will live. The small, dark, rented rooms they now occupy will shortly be torn down to make room for a large apartment building, and it is absolutely necessary that they find somewhere else to rent. Shirley is the oldest of five children, and with her father recently deceased and her mother too sick to get out of bed, the burden of finding a new place to live has fallen squarely on her shoulders. But they are so poor that even with all her efforts, they can’t afford more than fifteen dollars a month for rent. Then an unexpected half-holiday gives Shirley a chance to gather her thoughts together and think about a possible solution to their dilemma.Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!