<Tab/>Ivy Rowe is raised in an isolated mountain home, with stories and fantasies of love, which lead her to believe that life outside of Sugar Fork is a fairyland, like in the books she has read. Despite her hardships, Ivy always chooses to view the starkness of reality romantically which exemplifies her lovelorn tendencies. In the novel, Ivy finds different kinds of love, each reflecting her life at the time. Throughout Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies romance plays a very important part in Ivy's life.
<Tab/>Ivy's first experience with love occurs when she i…
