Bess - A Woman's Life in the Early 1900s Business_Gift_Guide Dream State opens (just as

Dream State opens (just as if a circular lens were unscrewing) upon a beloved old family homestead

And as a new human order is struggling to be born in blood and fire

or how to make him work at all

" -Richard Rorty

Bess - A Woman's Life in the Early 1900s Business_Gift_Guide Dream State opens (just asCarol McManus' second historical novel, BESS is based on the author's close observations of pioneer women who lived and worked in the first part of the twentieth century in western Colorado. This era in American history was filled with women who were determined to make life better for themselves and their families. As opposed to their Victorian counterparts, the women of Bess' time began to develop a sense that they and their children could become