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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1913
  • Latest Book:
    January 1951
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Full Series List in Order

Vale Family

1 - White Fawn (Jan-1931)
2 - Lisa Vale (Jan-1938)
3 - Now, Voyager (Jan-1941)
4 - Home Port (Jan-1947)
5 - Fabia (Jan-1951)

Vars Family

1 - Bobbie, General Manager (Jan-1913)
2 - The Fifth Wheel = The Fifth of November (Jan-1915)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Bobbie: General Manager is a perfectly enjoyable glimpse into the life of an upper middle-class teen age girl whose family has begun to struggle during the Gilded Age. At once funny, honest, and very well written. ...



  • The Fifth Wheel follows Bobbie's sister Ruth as she navigates her way into young adulthood. Faced with the usual life choices of a young women of her time in her place she finds herself questioning the options she has and not wanting to be little...



  • "As she sat and sewed this afternoon she kept her face steadfastly turned away from the familiar details of the room behind her. It was an ugly room. It was the back-parlor made over into a bedroom for her mother, who couldn't go over the sta...



  • This pulp classic of motherhood and money introduced the immortal character portrayed on film by Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Midler -- “a feminist gem” (Michael Bronski).   An ambitious woman from working-class roots, Stella sets her sights o...







  • Lisa Vale, sister-in-law of Charlotte Vale of Now, Voyager has a life of her own. Married to Charlotte's brother Rupert, Lisa also has a dear companion in Barry Firth. Her older daughter, Fabia, wants to marry a man below her social station--Gran...



  • The iconic American melodrama that inspired the 1943 cult classic film starring Bette Davis. “Charlotte Vale a timeless and very sophisticated Cinderella.” -- Patricia Gaffney, New York Times bestselling author “Don’t let’s ask for the moo...



  • This is the story of a young man who becomes a fugitive from his own identity, and incidentally escapes from a deep-seated inferiority complex. Throughout the novel the reader's attention is constantly turning from Murray Vale's psychological...







Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Olive Higgins Prouty has published 10 books.

Olive Higgins Prouty does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Fabia, was published in January 1951.

The first book by Olive Higgins Prouty, Bobbie, General Manager, was published in January 1913.

Yes. Olive Higgins Prouty has 2 series.