title: A Double Spring: A Year of Tragedy, Grief and Love
author: Juliet Darling
description: <b>Juliet Darling</b> is a filmmaker, writer, and artist. She wrote, directed, and produced the film <i>Dead Letters</i>, which was associate produced byJane Campion.She has writtenfor the <i>Australian</i> and the<i>Sydney</i> <i>Morning Herald</i>.
zlib_text: JULIET’S COURAGE
  MAIL ORDER BRIDE HOLIDAY ROMANCE
  SERIES
  
  I
  PROLOGUE
  R E M N A N T S  O F  C H R I S T M A S
  March 15th,1852
  t was mid-March, 1852. As usual, the Foster family living room still
  contained remnants of Christmas, though some would have said
  the season was long past. Not in this family. There was still tinsel
  carefully strung across the wainscoting, a cheerful wreath tucked just
  above the piano, and Juliet Foster sat quietly in her chair beneath a
  Christmassy blanket, reading the novel she had recently started.
  While she was, in fact, enjoying her read, she couldn’t quite help her
  feeling of uneasiness. As she nervously looked up from the pages in
  front of her, Juliet realized why she felt so antsy: The house had
  grown too quiet.
  Juliet sighed. The Foster family household had usually been quite a
  busy home over a year ago, but now that several members of the
  family had departed, there was far less hustle and bustle. Within the
  last year, two of Juliet’s three sisters had l