02660cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000370011324500360015026400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000310037250802620040352013430066553400450200865300210205365300280207465300240210265300350212665300390216170000250220070000300222585600430225554033UtSlPG20260610134239.0mcr n260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMcNeely, Marian Hurd,d1877-193010aWhen she came home from college 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2017  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2017-01-20  aE-text prepared by Emmy, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"When She Came Home from College" by Marian Hurd McNeely and Jean Bingham Wilson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Barbara Grafton, a recent college graduate who returns home to her family in a small Midwestern town, seeking to balance her ambitions for literary success with her responsibilities at home. Themes of personal growth, family dynamics, and the tensions between tradition and progress emerge as Barbara navigates her new life and the challenges of managing her domestic environment.  The opening of the novel introduces us to Barbara and her college friends reveling in their last moments together as graduates, filled with both excitement and apprehension about their futures. Upon returning home, Barbara is met with the hustle and bustle of family life, which starkly contrasts with her scholarly pursuits at college. As she attempts to establish a balance in her domestic sphere while also longing to write and make her mark in the literary world, she encounters unexpected obstacles, including a lack of household help, an overwhelming family dynamic, and her own high expectations. This initial section sets the stage for Barbara's journey of self-discovery as she grapples with the responsibilities of adulthood while holding onto her dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aDomestic fiction  aHousekeeping -- Fiction  aFamilies -- Fiction  aHousehold employees -- Fiction  aWomen college graduates -- Fiction1 aWilson, Jean Bingham1 aGibbs, George,d1870-194240uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54033