← Jessamyn WestCress Delahantyby Jessamyn WestNovel following a young girl's coming-of-age in CaliforniaFind on Amazon↗About the authorJessamyn WestJessamyn West was a Quaker California novelist whose The Friendly Persuasion lovingly depicted nineteenth-century Indiana Quaker life. Her memoir The Woman Said Yes confronted her own cancer and her sister's euthanasia with characteristic honesty.More by Jessamyn WestThe Friendly PersuasionNovel of a Quaker family in rural Indiana during the Civil War→The Witch DiggersNovel set in frontier Indiana exploring community and morality→South of the AngelsNovel of California settlement and the role of women→Leafy RiversNovel of frontier life, family, and personal growth→