Carrots and Miggle: A Novel of East Texas

After the Ramsdens lose their father, Charlotte ("Carrots"), her brother, her young sister, and her mother continue to operate their East Texas dairy farm. Then their cousin from Eastern Europe, Emiglia ("Miggle") is orphaned, and is forced to come live with them. When she arrives, she''s shocked to find her relatives engaging in manual labor, which her late parents considered fit only for peasant...