Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber

Dawn O’Hara, the Girl Who Laughed was Edna Ferber’s first novel. Dawn, a newspaperwoman working in New York, finds herself back home in Michigan on doctor’s orders. Years of living in boarding-houses and working to pay for the care of her brilliant but mentally ill husband, Peter Orme, have taken their toll. At twenty-eight, Dawn feels like an old woman with no future. But, the loving care of her sister Norah and her family along with the attentions of the handsome German doctor, Ernst Von Gerhard, slowly bring Dawn back to life. With Dr. Von Gerhard’s help, she obtains a newspaper job in Milwaukee and begins a year of new adventures among new people. However, the specter of her husband living in a mental hospital is always present and Dawn fears she may never be free to love again.

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Saturday Dec 23, 2023

Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber

Episodes

11 – Von Gerhard Speaks

12 – Bennie The Consoler

13 – The Test

14 – Bennie And The Charming Old Maid

15 – Farewell To Knapfs’

16 – June Moonlight, And A New Boarding House

17 – The Shadow Of Terror

18 – Peter Orme

19 – A Turn Of The Wheel

20 – Blackie’s Vacation Comes