Fourteen-year-old Joan escapes her oppressive farm family to work as a hired girl, exploring education, class, religion, and first love in pre-WWI America.
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Fourteen-year-old Joan escapes her oppressive farm family to work as a hired girl, exploring education, class, religion, and first love in pre-WWI America.
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Ever since the untimely death of her mother, 14 year-old Joan Skraggs has been desperately unhappy. Under the thumb of her cruel father and three sullen brothers, Joan lives like a servant on their farm just outside of Lancaster, forever cooking, cleaning, and attending to the many demands of the home. But she has little freedom, and less support from her family for her love of reading and blossoming interest in education. But when her father tells Joan she can't go to school anymore, it sets of...
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Sexual content
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Mentions of first love and sexual yearnings of the protagonist
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Religious content
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Includes themes of religion alongside social class and education
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Political content
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Explores feminism, social class, and education in early 20th century
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Depicts cruel treatment by father and brothers leading to protagonist running away
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