It has long been the custom for every 12-year-old girl from Philomena\u2019s village to go to the city to do \u201cservice\u201d as housemaids\u2014before coming home to be married. But Philomena\u2019s aunt had gone and never returned. On her deathbed, Babushka instructs her little granddaughter to go to Prague and find her aunt, who must surely be rich now, and do \u201cservice\u201d in her household. With the confidence that Babushka is still watching over her from heaven, Philomena travels to Prague, the \u201ccity of a hundred spires.\u201d Once there, she bounces from one adventure into another as doors open and close and unconventional guidance\u2014from Babushka?\u2014moves her in ever new directions. Though Philomena may grow slightly impatient with Babushka\u2019s methods, she is steadily gaining experience, friends\u2014and pets!\u2014until unexpectedly she is able to accomplish her goal.<\/p>\n
Kate Seredy, renowned author and artist, brings to life both the characters and their setting of pre-World War I Czechoslovakia in this beautifully illustrated story of irrepressible Philomena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[557,292],"product_tag":[],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n