Lucy Gayheart is Willa Cather's eleventh novel. It was published in 1935. The novel revolves round the eponymous character, Lucy Gayheart, a young girl from the fictional town of Haverford, Nebraska, located near the Platte River. No. 1 on The New York Times Fiction best seller list for 4 weeks, from the issue of August 12, 1935. Wiki link