The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Small mark on pages 177-178.

Henry Handel Richardson's The Getting of Wisdom is the coming-of-age story of a spontaneous heroine who finds herself ensconced in the rigidity of a turn-of-the-century boarding school.

The clever and highly imaginative Laura has difficulty fitting in with her wealthy classmates and begins to compromise her ideals in her search for popularity and acceptance. (publisher blurb)