Four independent-minded sisters come of age in the early 1900s - and four interwoven novels tell their stories, each through a Different Sister's eyes. The year is 1910, and the four purcell sisters have only each other....Four independent-minded sisters come of age in the early 1900s - and four interwoven novels tell their stories, each through a Different Sister's eyes. The year is 1910, and the four purcell sisters have only each other. Their mother has died, leaving them orphans in a rambling country estate.