Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 186 Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith) 1866 1959 Smith, Grace Strawberry Acres Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Strawberry Acres" by Grace S. Richmond is a novel likely written during the early 20th century. The story follows the Lane family—Max, Sally, Alec, and their brother Bob—as they discover an unexpected inheritance of an old, dilapidated estate outside the city, sparking both excitement and skepticism about their future. The novel explores themes of family dynamics, aspirations for a better life, and the challenges of transforming an abandoned property into a home. The opening of the book introduces the Lane siblings as they react to their inheritance from Uncle Maxwell Lane, a property that appears to be more burdensome than a blessing. Amid youthful enthusiasm and some skepticism, they plan to visit the estate, where memories of their childhood summers surface. The opening establishes Sally as a hopeful dreamer, yearning for a fresh start away from their cramped city life, while Max plays the realist, highlighting the estate's dire condition. The narrative sets the stage for family interactions and explorations, igniting an optimistic journey that may reshape their destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Orphans -- Fiction Country homes -- Fiction Siblings -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 499022 2025-07-05T13:28:30.299171 text/html 499003 498882 2024-11-05T16:08:17.131041 2023-10-06T04:19:57.211123 text/html text/html 266533 2025-07-05T13:28:38.285272 application/epub+zip 273242 2025-07-05T13:28:33.053171 application/epub+zip 254633 2025-07-05T13:28:31.938229 application/epub+zip 474720 2025-07-05T13:28:42.458128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441531 2025-07-05T13:28:37.585186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414766 2022-09-06T19:04:44.940788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451071 2025-07-05T13:28:29.884212 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 431376 2024-10-28T19:13:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17315 2025-07-05T13:28:42.580117 application/rdf+xml 14002 2025-07-05T13:28:32.427185 image/jpeg 3633 2025-07-05T13:28:32.181159 image/jpeg 262225 2025-07-05T13:28:30.338168 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia