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Rising Above It: A Novel of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Great Depression: A Novel of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Great Depression Winter Sports An NPR Best Book ofHattie Barton's life changes forever on October 24, 1929, the historic day of the New York Stock Market crash. She is suddenly forced to leave her palatial home in Calhoun, relocate to an apartment in her hometown in Greenville, and find work to support herself, her two young daughters Pauline and Alice, and her trusted housekeeper, Georgia. When she takes a job as secretary in a small insurance firm, a potential romance develops between Hattie and