This book was a quick read and entertaining.
At times considered predictable, but entertaining. You have to love a woman who goes after what she wants no matter what the odds.

Belle Cantrell is a suffragist, a mother, a widow, a progressive struggling for approval in a very conservative world. With very simple writing, quick wit, and a number of funny moments, Loraine Despres takes through most of the stereotypes of the South in the 20s. Women tackling the vote, racism and the KKK, the beginnings of a struggling economy. Belle encounters a number of woes because of her "outrageous" behavior, which by todays standards isn't outrageous at all. The book is entertaining, but not exactly deep. With all of the issues that were mentioned in this book, the author really could have spent an entire novel just dealing with one (either the suffragist movement OR racism and the KKK). Because of the structure of the book, the reader is able to skim the top of each of the issues, but never gets a chance to delve deeply into any of them. Not necessarily a bad thing, depending on what you are looking for from your read. I would recommend this book to someone looking for a fun summer read. But if substance, content, and thought provoking discussion are your goals, this probably isn't the book for you.