South of Superior by Ellen Airgood

When Madeline is asked by Gladys, the girlfriend of her late grandfather Joe, to come to Mc-Allaster, a small town on Lake Superior, to help care for Gladys' sister, Arbutus, Madeline agrees. Madeline is charmed by Arbutus and yearns to know more about her family's history. Madeline was raised by her adopted mother, Emmy, in Chicago, when Joe refused to take care of her after Madeline was abandoned by her mother. Soon, Madeline is part of the community, learning about the family she never knew and having grand plans to reopen the old hotel that Gladys and Arbutus ran years ago. South of Superior is a novel full of characters with lots of heart and spunk in addition to vivid descriptions of small town life.