Luke's wife
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About This Book
"Luke's Wife" by Evelyn R. Garratt follows the journey of Rachel and Luke as they navigate the challenges of being a clergyman's wife and husband in a small parish. Rachel grapples with feelings of inadequacy, pressure to conform, and the expectations of the community, while Luke sees her strengths and worries about her adjustment. Their differing perspectives and the influence of their surroundings shape their path as they seek acceptance and belonging in the parish and in each other's lives.
Chapters (70)
- "SING," SAID LUKE GREVILLE, AS HE LEANT ON HIS OARS.
- LUKE'S WIFE
- EVELYN R. GARRATT.
- Author of "Meg of the Heather," "The Cry," "Millicent's Freedom," "The Radiant City," "A Diamond in the Rough," etc.
- Illustrations by FRANCIS M. PARSONS.
- IPSWICH: SMITHS, PUBLISHERS, SUITALL.
- "Love is not blind, it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard." J. M. Barrie.
- CONTENTS.
- LUKE'S WIFE.
- CHAPTER I.
- MOONLIGHT ON THE SEA.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE HOME COMING.
- CHAPTER III.
- LUKE'S MOTHER.
- CHAPTER IV.
- AN INCAPABLE HOUSEKEEPER.
- CHAPTER V.
- TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE STUDY.
- CHAPTER VII.
- RACHEL CONFIDES IN THE BISHOP.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE BISHOP COMES TO LUNCH.
- CHAPTER IX.
- GWEN.
- CHAPTER X.
- THE TRAINING BEGINS.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE CHOIR THREATEN TO STRIKE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- RACHEL MAKES A MISTAKE.
- THE MISTRESS HAD GONE TO BED WITH A HEADACHE, POLLY INFORMED HIM.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- A BOX OF VIOLETS.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- DISAPPOINTMENT.
- CHAPTER XV.
- RACHEL'S PEARLS.
- RACHEL TOOK OUT HER PEARLS—AND LOOKED AT THEM.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- THE CHURCH COUNCIL.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- LUKE IS DISCOURAGED.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- GAS STOVES VERSUS MOUNTAINS.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- GWEN WRITES TO THE BISHOP.
- CHAPTER XX.
- NO LADY HEAD OF THE PARISH.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- THE BISHOP LOOKS INTO THE KITCHEN.
- THE BISHOP STOOD IN THE TINY KITCHEN FACING THE DIMINUTIVE POLLY.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- THE DREAM OF HIS LIFE.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- LUKE SEES HIMSELF.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- FOR LUKE'S SAKE.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE DISTURBING ELEMENT.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- LUKE TELLS RACHEL ABOUT HIS DREAM.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- RACHEL'S GARDEN PARTY.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- "THINK OF RACHEL."
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.
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