Inspired by the life of Mary Ann Willson, an American primitive painter of the early 1800s, who settled on a farm in Greene County, New York, with a devoted female companion. This is the second season of the Little Sister's Classics books following last season's Song of the Loon and The Young in One Another's Arms; forthcoming in the series is Tennessee Williams's Moise and the World of Reason and Sarah Schulman's Empathy.