Mount Joy

by Daisy Newman

Mount Joy is Maris' destination, the last stop on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, where she hopes to find the meaning of life after leaving college.

279 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Daisy Newman, a novelist and Quaker historian, was born in Southport, England, of American parents. She attended Radcliffe College, Barnard College and Oxford University. An active member of the Friends Meeting in Cambridge, Mass., she frequently wrote about Quaker life and history.

She was the author of many novels, including "Now That April's Here," "Diligence in Love," "The Autumn's Brightness" and "I Take Thee, Serenity." She also wrote a history of American Quakers, "A Procession of Friends." She died in 1994.