The Bellmakers (U)

A heart-warming historical novel. Country life in the 1880s is difficult for three women without a man between them - and a living to make. As Leah seeks out her grandfather's debtors she encounters Ben and Nat Robertson, the bellmakers, and soon she and her faithful friend Ginnie become involved in a delightful summertime romance. But prejudice, superstition and gossip threaten to come between them, and the lust of a rich and determined man endangers Leah and those she loves.