Testament of Trust Author:Faith Baldwin Faith Baldwin, one of the most prolific of American novelists, has written a non-fiction book that her many admirers will undoubtedly take to their hearts. Its framework is the months of the year as she observes them in her country house, each month separated from the next by a short bridging passage of more general observations. Less logically ... more »integrated than Anne Morrow Lindbergh's A Gift From the Sea or Joseph Wood Krutch's The Twelve Seasons, this book has some elements in common with both. Its main appeal is one of personality, as Miss Baldwin lets her mind raise associationally over the particular month in question, her house, the events of her life (past and present), and her philosophy of life, which is in general a hardworking, modest, and religious one. The reader will feel at the end of the book that he knows Miss Baldwin, who emerges as a woman of achievement and quiet charm, with a keen eye for the simple things of life.« less