Dawn OHara, The Girl Who Laughed

019 - A Turn Of The Wheel

10 min · 17 de feb de 2026
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In Edna Ferbers debut novel, Dawn O’Hara, the Girl Who Laughed, we meet Dawn, a weary newspaperwoman from New York who finds herself back in her Michigan hometown on the advice of her doctor. After years of living in boarding houses and supporting her brilliant yet mentally ill husband, Peter Orme, Dawn feels like a shadow of her former self at just twenty-eight. With the loving support of her sister Norah and the charming attentions of the handsome German doctor, Ernst Von Gerhard, she begins to reclaim her zest for life. Securing a newspaper job in Milwaukee opens the door to new adventures and friendships. Yet, the haunting presence of her husband in a mental hospital looms large, leaving Dawn to question whether she will ever be free to love again. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett)

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