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.
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Cloudy Jewel

 

Clowdy Jewel takes its title from the main character, Julia Cloud. It's a nickname given to her by her young niece and nephew.

From the Grosset & Dunlap jacket flap:

Julia Cloud, whose life has been given to caring for her faAmily, is left alone by the death of her invalid mother. Having always lived a dutiful, useful life, she has been invited by her married sister and brother-in-law to come to their home, virtually to become a drudge. At the moment, however, when her new slavery seems inevitable she is visited by her niece and nephew...they joyously make plans to thwart the designs of the married sister...a new and beautiful environment opens before "Cloudy Jewel".

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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