HEAVENS TO BETSY
Living on a farm in Meadowview, Alberta the second last of 15 children born to the MacIntosh family, Lily might not have been allowed to go to school past grade 9. But an older sister who had just returned from WWII service, convinced Puppa that one must have a higher education in this changing time. When Lily moved into the new dorm in the village of Sangudo, about 20 miles away, she soon made her mark with her musical talent and energy. life was full of teenage fun but also many challenges. Lily's new friends and classmates, her siblings and the townspeople all play a role in the stories within this novel, the last one by the late LILLIAN ROSS, an extraordinary story teller.
From the book.
"Lily, what are you doing that for?" Diana demanded... it gradually occurred to me that this was not an appropriate thing to do with a piano that found itself in the street outside a burning building.