Miss Theodosia’s Heartstrings

Miss Theodosia Baxter comes home from three years of wandering to find a child on her porch charging people to look at a baby’s toes. The little girl has earned eleven cents—and has a much bigger request for the lady in white.

In a small country town, Theodosia has returned to her own doorway, crisp white dress and all, hoping to settle back into her quiet life. Instead, she meets the Flagg children: talkative Evangeline, baby Elihu Launcelot, and their serious older sister Stefana, whose mother is away tending her twin. The family has been counting on Theodosia’s white dresses to keep them afloat, and Stefana is determined to save that plan. Can this fastidious traveler trust a girl with her cherished clothes—and discover what else might be waiting next door?

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