Kathleen Norris

One night when Julia was about four George stamped out of the house, after a tirade against the prevailing disorder and some insulting remarks about "delicatessen food." Emeline sent a few furious remarks after him, and then wept over the sliced ham, the potato salad, and the Saratoga chips, all of which she had brought home from a nearby delicacy shop in oily paper bags only an hour ago. She wandered disconsolately through the four rooms that had been her home for nearly six years.

The Beloved Woman is written by Kathleen Norris. Traffic was congested, deserted trucks and motor-cars lined the side streets, the subways were jammed, the surface cars helpless. Here and there long lines of the omnibuses stood blocked in snow, and the press frantically heralded impending shortages of milk and coal, reiterating pessimistically: "No relief in sight."

Martie The Unconquered is written by Kathleen Norris. The novel tells how Martie revolted from subjection under her father and married a third rate actor. After varying fortunes her husband dies and she takes her little son home.

Harriet and the Piper is written by Kathleen Norris. The mature expression of a novelist whose books have brown in depth and intensity, not to say popularity, during the past few years. Harriet is the secretary of a very spoiled and beautiful wife.

Mother is written by Kathleen Norris. This book has a fairy-story touch, counterbalanced by the sturdy reality of struggle, sacrifice, and resulting peace and power of a mother's experiences.

The Rich Mrs Burgoyne is written by Kathleen Norris. The story of a sensible woman who keeps within her means, refuses to be swamped by social engagements, lives a normal human life of varied interests, and has her own romance.