Katie An Impertinent Fairy Tale Author:B. J. Chute Katie Thorne, of the emerald eyes and raven hair, is the youngest of Mama's four beautiful daughters, each of them by a different father. Her unconventional family (all of them no better than they wish to be) have been living happily in their casual, delightful world, until the day that Katie tells them she intends to find herself a husband.... more » This extraordinary announcement is the result of having heard the Bible story about Noah's Ark and its symmetrical two-by-two world. Needless to say, Katie's decision shocks her mother and his sisters, all of whom feel that marriage ties a person down; but Katie, as stubborn as she is beautiful, nevertheless embarks on her outrageous quest.
This "impertinent fairy tale" is the story of Katie's encounters with potential husbands -- encounters that are adventurous, funny, sometimes wayward, and always unexpected. How this captivating heroine pursues her optimistic project, and what happens to her at its satisfying conclusion, provides the reader with one of the most lighthearted, witty, and romantic novels to come along in years.« less