Charity and Sylvia trans girl not only of hardship and

not only of hardship and sorrow but also of profound strength and hope

Consigned as Kessandra’s bodyguard

swaps her lively New York life for the prim and proper world of high society

As incisive as it is exhilarating

' Casey McQuiston

Charity and Sylvia trans girl not only of hardship andAn openly Lesbian couple survives and thrives in 19th century Vermont a true story, as told by Tillie Walden. The month is February in the year 1807. The place is Weybridge, Vermont: small, cold, lonely, and beautiful. Sylvia Drake is exhausted. As an unwed woman with few prospects, she is residing with and caring for her sister s rambunctious family. Today the house is abuzz awaiting a guest Charity Bryant. A friend of the family, she is most known