I shed quarts of tears while writing it , and the other girls shed gallons while I read it .<br>Jane Andrews ' mother scolded her frightfully because she had so many handkerchiefs in the wash that week .<br>It 's a harrowing tale of the wanderings of a Methodist minister 's wife .
Jane Andrews was 18 years old.
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