The Tea Garden

About the Book

While Sarah is penning these words: I. Sarah Emma Boswell. with sound mind. on zhr day April 2, 1900, do solemnly bequeath my undying love and devotion to- her childhood frienc Andrew, whom she plans to “marry when she grows up”. her father is downstairs in his study arranging her marriage to a man who will save him from financial ruin. On her wedding day, the day after her fourteenth birthday a month later, she is taken to Wyndmeyer House, a mansion shrouded in mystery. There endures an abusive, controlling relationship that ultimately ends in tragedy five years later. Her determination to survive is a testament to the strength and courage of a young woman in early nineteen hundred faced with adversity she had no control over.

About the Author

Dorothy grew up on a farm in the Rose Community in Woodson County, Kansas. She is a retired school teacher and has been employed part time at the public library in Chanute, Kansas for the past eighteen years. She is a member of a local Writer’s group, and attends Faith Bible Church where she sings in the choir. She has three children and seven grandchildren.