Its 1895 in North Carolina, and in some way, Kit Pridgeon is a girl like any other from Fish Town. Shes had a bit of schooling, and now she works at the local cannery. Her friend Letty dreams of marriage and a family of her own. Kit could choose that life, but she wants more. But its 1895 in North Carolina, and her options are limited. In the newspaper, she sees an advertisement calling for young women to go and work for the Harvey Company a growing chain of restaurants - that serves hungry railway passengers traveling to the untamed west. But the interview is miles away in Raleighdoes she dare? Will she leave her family and the life she knows, and risk everything for independence and adventure?
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