"The Yates Pride: A Novel" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is a fascinating story about family relationships, love and loyalty. The main character, Karen Hempenstel, a young and energetic girl, decides to defy social conventions in order to protect her family from poverty and restore a chance for a happy future. The author successfully combines the analysis of the psychology of the characters with a vivid description of American life at the end of the 19th century. Readers will have the opportunity to feel the atmosphere of that time and sympathize with the characters in their experiences and choices. "The Yates Pride: A Novel" is a work that will amaze you with its naturalness and the depth of feelings reproduced in it.