Agnes Author:Roberta Agnes Seiwert Lampe "Agnes" is based on the life story of the author's grandmother. Jilted, alone, angry and passionate about leaving her life in Germany, Agnes arrives in New York City in 1908. From there she decides to become a housekeeper for a Kansas farmer and his children. With a wonderful sense of another time and place, Lampe has written a novel that wi... more »ll appeal to all lovers of historical fiction.« less