Nolie (named after her father Nol) is joining her father and his family after growing up with her aunt for eighteen years. Finished with high school and keeping her promise to her father, she is traveling West to visit him and his family. She is eager to learn their "ways" and not interested in being slowed down by boys. Or is she?

Culture shock, religious beliefs, and living with a big family are only a few of the new experiences Nolie faces.

It is easy to imagine what life was like back in 1886 as Wanda French doesn't miss a detail. You will come to some new appreciations-learning what our ancestors lived through and how every generation has its modern appliances.

Open your heart and soul to the old and new, as Nolie does, in experiencing "New Beginnings.

Wanda A. French writes from her home in Green Lake, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband of 34 years, Steven. Wanda and Steven have a family of five children and enjoy fifteen grandchildren.

Wanda's fascination and love for American history began when she was a young girl. This fascination was influenced by learning that she was a descendant of Thomas Rogers, a passenger on the Mayflower. Her study of history, genealogy, and pleasure found writing, has led to this book and others to follow about early life in America. You will find the descriptions of every day living in 1886 as enjoyable as the story.