A Peep behind the Scenes
by Mrs. O. F. Walton
A Peep behind the Scenes by Mrs. O. F. Walton is a book that I recently became aware of. It was first published in 1877.
This book is about Norah who thought that acting in a traveling company, wearing beautiful clothes and going from place to place, would be wonderful. So, she left home to get married and act on the stage with her husband and the other members of their theatrical troupe. All too soon, she found that the life that looked glamorous was actually difficult and exhausting. And she was exposed to people with rough ways and talk.
As the story opens, Norah is ill, and her daughter, Rosalie, takes care of her as best she can. A man gives Rosalie a picture of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, carrying a lamb and rejoicing that He has found His lost lamb. Thus begins Norah’s and Rosalie’s desire for the Good Shepherd to find them.
