A Daughter of the Vine. [1899]

In her landmark work A Daughter of the Vine, Gertrude Atherton writes of the California Wine Country and its people with wit, tenderness, and deep knowledge. This eloquent chronicle captures the heart of a time and place that has now vanished. “It is the story of a great love,” wrote Gertrude Atherton, “and it has been my good fortune to live as a daughter of the vine – to listen to its whispering leaves, and feel its tender summer breath.” From her childhood in San Francisco to Hollywood and New York City where she wrote her most famous novels and short stories, Gertrude Atherton was at once a product of the American West