Description

A household without men, the Birches reside gloriously offbeat lives in the rich, green wilds of New York. Glowing, headstrong Sophia and her timid, amazing child, Margaret, get effective bracelets to defend against despair, loneliness, and the human misery that usually beats a road to their home. And they're guarded by the wisdom and carved love of the amazing matriarch Charlie Kate, a good, uncompromising, self-taught healer who treats from boils to broken bones to broken spirits. Charlie Kate, and Sophia, Maggie discover power in a period when ladies more often than not relied on males, and their relationship increases as each one of these encounters love and loss during World-War II.