What They Couldn't: A Home Story

Pansy (1841 - 1930)

The Cameron family tries to keep up in society despite their more limited finances, by "making a dollar look to [their] friends as though it was ten dollars," much to the harried father's embarrassment and potential ruin. In addition to the financial stress, the youngest daughter has been "bringing up herself," such that she's on the road to moral peril. This story follows the life of the family as they walk the tightrope between social acceptability and financial stability, moral failure and strength through the guidance of Jesus Christ. - Summary by TriciaG

Genre(s): Christian Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction (1583), religion (733), family (198), relationships (50), christian fiction (43), finances (3)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Family Problems TriciaG
00:23:54
Play 02 Trying to "Belong" TriciaG
00:23:04
Play 03 Burns and Heart-Burns TriciaG
00:24:56
Play 04 O Wad Some Power TriciaG
00:24:21
Play 05 In the Gloom TriciaG
00:23:10
Play 06 "Isn't She a Terror!" TriciaG
00:23:50
Play 07 A "Peculiar" Man TriciaG
00:22:09
Play 08 A Lesson in Fanaticism TriciaG
00:25:10
Play 09 Home Thrusts TriciaG
00:24:40
Play 10 "How Will It All End?" TriciaG
00:23:33
Play 11 "Out of His Sphere" TriciaG
00:22:11
Play 12 A New Departure TriciaG
00:21:28
Play 13 "A Good Fellow in Every Way" TriciaG
00:24:07
Play 14 A New Game TriciaG
00:22:55
Play 15 "Katherine Spelled with a K" TriciaG
00:23:03
Play 16 Being Weighed TriciaG
00:23:51
Play 17 "Just Once" TriciaG
00:23:16
Play 18 A Troublesome Promise TriciaG
00:18:51
Play 19 A Startling Witness TriciaG
00:22:16
Play 20 The Shadows of Coming Events TriciaG
00:22:53
Play 21 "Don't Ask Me Any Questions" TriciaG
00:22:22
Play 22 A Persistent Friend TriciaG
00:22:58
Play 23 Borrowed (?) Money TriciaG
00:22:41
Play 24 "Mrs. Willis Kennedy?" TriciaG
00:22:38
Play 25 "A Nervous Shock" TriciaG
00:22:04
Play 26 "What's in a Name?" TriciaG
00:21:37
Play 27 Soul-Searching TriciaG
00:20:26
Play 28 Reconstruction TriciaG
00:22:13
Play 29 The "Next Scene" TriciaG
00:20:24
Play 30 "Spring Violets, After All" TriciaG
00:24:46