Not Jack's best work, but notable mostly for the unconventional heroine Joan Lackland. The book itself is a weird mixture of antiquated and modern world views. A good read after you struggle past the first couple of chapters.
Quotes:
I was brought up the way most girls in Hawaii are brought up. They live in the open, and they know how to ride and swim before they know what six-times-six is.
"Mine was a business proposition, not a marriage proposal," she interrupted, coldly angry. "I wonder if somewhere in this world there is one man who could accept me for a comrade."
There are only three things I am afraid of—bumble-bees, scarlet fever, and chaperones.
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