With consummate skills, feminine wiles, and a true sense of diplomacy, Sarah single-handedly manages to keep Mount Vernon out of the war.
As battles rage around her, Sarah is determined to create a haven of peace at Mount Vernon. Intent on securing the position, she lies to her family and her potential employer, and she becomes mistress of this decaying symbol of American freedom. Then Sarah sees an advertisement looking for a young woman to oversee Mount Vernon, the beloved, though now dilapidated, family home of George Washington. But the year is 1861 and it''s not proper for girls of Sarah''s age to be single or independent. She knows that a husband is definitely not what she wants. Sarah''s tired of it - tired of being shipped around, tired of being reminded that it''s time to find a suitable husband.
Now, at eighteen it''s time for her to get married, so she is sent to dinner parties, plays, teas, soirees, talks, and chaperoned walks - always accompanied, always watched. Now I have broken out on my own Sarah Tracy has spent her entire life under constant supervision, always under the thumb of one older sibling or another. All my life I have done what my family wanted.
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