A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 Free Audiobook Download by Joan W. Blos

Joan W. Blos, who goes by the pen name of Madeleine Potter, has recently released a new book called A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832. In this journal, the narrator, a young girl named Elizabeth Starkweather, writes about her experiences before and during the first year that she is living in Massachusetts with her family.

In A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832, Madeleine Potter narrates her personal journal as young Anna. She writes about the exciting changes that come with moving from Boston to central Connecticut. With a new school and family, she records the trials of being a new girl in the frontier village during the early 1800s. Madeleine Potter's voice is pleasant and light and makes this audiobook an easy listen for all.

This is a journal written by Annie, a fifteen-year-old girl living in New England during the 1830s. Annie wants to grow up and be anything she wants to be as long as she has her family around her. Although they live very frugally, they are still taught their religion of Christianity. She always wears an apron with the words "Flowers are for girls" on it because she doesn't want to get married and have children until she's had time for herself.

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 is a journal written by Joan Blos and narrated by Madeleine Potter. Joan Blos was born in Northampton, MA in 1830. Her father died when she was young, which left her to support herself as a seamstress in her grandmother's dress making shop. As she grew up, she began writing about the different towns and sights she saw. The journal starts with a reflection on how small towns seem so awful after living in Boston for awhile, but then concludes with how much more beautiful and special they can be.

This historical novel takes a journey of a girl who moves from Boston to the New England countryside with her father, mother, and older sister. The family is looking to settle down in order to practice their religion. They were religious southerners and were looking for land where they would not be persecuted for their beliefs.