Go Away Home by Carol Bodensteiner

    This is a touching story of self-discovery, romance and loss.  Liddie, a young farm girl, dreams of the big city, and a career.  Keep in mind this means moving a few miles to the big city of  a few thousand people!  Being on her own there, meeting new people, improving her sewing skills when working for a seamstress, and meeting an eligible photographer is an immense change. It all seems like a dream, while the family on the farm continues to pull her home.  World War I creates new challenges between former friends and new friends.  Lots of loss and then the flu epidemic strikes.  A touching and warm novel with great touches of home for me because the setting is my home town of Maquoketa, IA, U.S.A..  9 out of 10.