Mulberry Square

by Lida Larrimore

WHEN Dr. Hugh Kennedy came to Mulberry Square as assistant to Dr. Ballard, sweet and generous Janie Ballard knew instinctively what the young doctor might some day come to mean to her. Imaginative Janie loved the “Square,” its people and all that they stood for. Not so with Celia, her lovely and pampered elder sister. Restless and spoiled, Celia was anxious to “get away from it all.” Fate ruled that Hugh should fall desperately in love with fickle Celia and it took a tragic accident to resolve Janie’s problem and bring her the happiness she so richly deserved.MULBERRY SQUARE will be a splendid treat for those who enjoy a tender love story that is just that and nothing more. Its people might live just around the corner.

Genres: Romance, Historical Fiction

264 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1930

About the author

Lida Larrimore Turner Thomas was born in Girdletree, on the eastern shore of Maryland, where her father Henry Clay Turner was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Larrimore's writing career began with a play she created out of necessity.

Her only juvenile novel, "The Blossoming of Patricia-the-Less," came in 1924. Tarpaper Palace, her first novel, was published in 1928. On February 27, 1931, Lida Larrimore "Larry" Turner married a widower, Charles Thomas of Tredyffrin Township, Maryland. They had two daughters.

Lida wrote seventeen novels in less than twenty-five years. Her work has been compared to Grace Livingston Hill.

Reviews

[Rose Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written, lovely story, engaging plot, delightful imagery, a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

[lily wolf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bizarre use of affectionate names — I would not love to be called a “good little egg”, but alas, it was the ‘30s.

[Alana/MiaTheReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the Susan Scarletts I read to get through the winter months, but pleasant and similar enough. It's so interesting to me how Lida Larrimore, Susan Scarlett, and Molly Clavering were contemporary woman writers who never have male villains in their works I have read, just thoroughly jealous and selfish villainesses.

I'm so thankful that Hoopla through my public library gives me easy access to my beloved mid-centuries female authors!

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very much an old-fashioned romance, published in 1930. Must admit it was fun, if not fantastic.