Project Gutenberg 2016-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 142 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe 1850 1943 Richards, Laura E. Grandmother: The Story of a Life That Never Was Lived Produced by Giovanni Fini, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Grandmother: The Story of a Life That Never Was Lived" by Laura E. Richards is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young girl referred to as Grandmother, who is brought to live with her elderly grandfather in a quaint village. As she navigates her new life, the narrative explores themes of love, loss, and the quest for happiness amid complexities of human relationships. At the start of the book, we meet Grandmother, a delicate and beautiful young woman who arrives in the village alongside her grandfather after spending time in the western territories. Observers mistake her for a visiting relative, only to learn that she has been brought back as a companion to her grandfather, who is concerned about the volatile nature of his granddaughter, Rachel. The initial chapters introduce Rachel's hostility towards Grandmother’s presence, which sets the stage for the tension and emotional struggles that will unfold. Mysterious figures from Grandmother's past, her gentle spirit, and the complexities of familial love and jealousy begin to emerge, hinting at the deeper narrative of loss and the desire to find a place in a world of tumultuous relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 90.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Young women -- Fiction Villages -- Fiction Families -- Fiction May-December romances -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 151291 2025-07-20T14:49:29.092364 text/html 130434 2024-10-23T00:19:01 text/html 356359 2025-07-20T14:49:33.055333 application/epub+zip 368285 2025-07-20T14:49:29.977315 application/epub+zip 128101 2025-07-20T14:49:29.535304 application/epub+zip 421915 2025-07-20T14:49:35.359261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398929 2025-07-20T14:49:32.597310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159723 2022-09-23T14:29:16.465386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122687 2025-07-20T14:49:28.675298 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102672 2024-10-23T00:19:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17836 2025-07-20T14:49:35.502269 application/rdf+xml 24956 2025-07-20T14:49:29.607318 image/jpeg 4082 2025-07-20T14:49:29.573301 image/jpeg 334237 2025-07-20T14:49:29.123288 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