This World War Fiction by Catherine Cotton circles the life of a cheerful, humorous simple-minded woman who drew love because she gave it out and attempted to make her home a little well of delight in the desert of the world. Telling a story of this sort is challenging; the reader's attention must be aroused and maintained by the very merit of the writing, but Catherine Cotton, a writer with just the right gifts of wit, compassion, and experience, has excelled in doing that.