According to the Pattern

A Bit of Grace:

Grace Livingston Hill was born on Easter Sunday in 1865.
Grace Livingston Hill was the originator of the "Christian Romance" genre that's so popular today.
Books weren't her only claim to fame. Grace wrote some poetry, too.
As a young woman, Grace aspired to be an artist and went to art school.
If you look closely, many of Grace's books use real Philadelphia streets and landmarks.
Grace Livingston Hill's first book was a children's story, "The Esselstynes"
"Lo, Michael" was set at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where Grace taught physical education in the 1890's.
In Grace's books, the dear aunt with those dove-gray dresses is most certainly Grace's "Auntie Belle."
Grace's "Auntie Belle" was a world-famous author. Her pen name was Pansy.
Grace Livingston Hill never learned to drive, but Grace and her driver often used it to pick up Sunday School children.

According to the Pattern

According to the Pattern is one of Grace's early books and it's "off the beaten path".

The first chapter is entitled "The Fallen Idol" and sets the scene for the rest of the story. Mrs. Winthrop, out in the park with her little daughter, suddenly comes upon her husband who is out with another woman. Not quite the usual GLH romance, is it?

Pick up a copy and share her struggle to live "according to the pattern" despite what's going on around her. Sounds a bit like it could have been written today, yes? An interesting departure from the usual novels.

This is one of the rare first editions of According to the Pattern. It was published on September 1, 1903 by The Griffith and Rowland Press and is copyrighted by The American Baptist Publication Society.

Found inside the pages of this title...

Heroines by Name: 2023 GLH Reading List

This year, let's meet 12 GLH heroines who have their book named after them. Are you named after a GLH character? Let us know at stories@gracelivingstonhill.com

January: The Obsession of Victoria Gracen (1915)

February: Spice Box (1943)

March: Rose Galbraith (1940)

April: Ariel Custer (1925)

May: Patricia (1939)

June: Marcia Schuyler (1908)

July: Phoebe Deane (1909)

August: Miranda (1915)

September: Cloudy Jewel (1920)

October: Maris (1938)

November: Mary Arden (1948)

December: Astra (1941)

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