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The Fifth Wheel by Olive Higgins Prouty

The Fifth Wheel

A Novel

Olive Higgins Prouty

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021

Olive Higgins Prouty the author of Stella Dallas and Now, Voyager brings you the sequel to her wonderfully delightful novel Bobbie: General Manager.

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Who it’s for
Ruth questions the life choices available to young women in her time and place.
Genres
Coming-of-Age, Women's Fiction, Sibling Stories
Published
Start Publishing LLC, March 23, 2021

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About this book

Olive Higgins Prouty the author of Stella Dallas and Now, Voyager brings you the sequel to her wonderfully delightful novel Bobbie: General Manager. The Fifth Wheel follows Bobbie’s sister Ruth as she navigates her way into young adulthood. Faced with the usual life choices of a young women of her time in her place she finds herself questioning the options she has and not wanting to be little more than a fifth wheel in her own life.

Ruth’s Choices

Ruth questions the life choices available to young women in her time and place.

Come here for

  • Ruth’s passage into young adulthood
  • Questions about the options offered to women of her time

Expect

  • A sequel to Bobbie: General Manager
  • Ruth’s reluctance to be a fifth wheel in her own life

Where it sits

Coming-of-Age61%
Sibling Stories44%
Women's Fiction36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Historical Fiction
  • 20th-Century Historical Romance
Authors
Olive Higgins Prouty
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 23, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Historical Fiction