The Happy End

Calvin Stammark has built Hannah a house in a lonely mountain valley, and already he can see their future in every room. Hannah looks at the home—and wonders what a life of waiting will cost her.

In Greenstream, Virginia, a young man’s hopes are measured in cleared slopes, cattle, and the small house he has made ready for his bride. Calvin is certain that hard work will bring Hannah comfort and, one day, the fine clothes and easy living she envies. But her quiet doubts unsettle his confidence, and the family’s stories of Phebe, the sister who left the mountains to become an actress, hint at a wider life beyond the valley. Calvin has planned for years ahead; Hannah is only beginning to imagine them.
Will the future he has built be the one she wants?

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