A Roundabout Way to Heaven by Katie Hubbard

“Daughters, by the time you read this, I’ll be long gone on the train to Atlantic City…” The great financial crash of 1929 created unprecedented pandemonium; men abandoned their families, emotional breakdowns put a strain on sanitarium beds and suicides increased. Without their parents and with scant resources, four beautiful teenage sisters rode out the tumultuous 1930s in the small southern town of Apple Springs.