A Princess in Calico

On her seventeenth birthday, Pauline Harding watches the sun rise over Hickory Farm—and knows no one has remembered. Then a letter from Boston arrives, and the same kitchen that felt like a prison suddenly seems full of possibility.

At Hickory Farm in Sleepy Hollow, washday means steaming rooms, endless chores, and little time for a girl with a mind hungry for more. Pauline has spent years caring for her father’s second family, while her stepmother measures life in potatoes, pinafores, and work still to be done. Now her father says she may visit her uncle Robert’s family in Boston. The thought of leaving fills Pauline with a joy she can hardly contain—but at home, even a holiday can come at a cost. What will she find beyond the familiar fields?

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