What are the motifs in Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings?

Servitude is a recurring idea in the story. A great deal of Marjorie Rawlings time is taken with acquiring, teaching, training, loving and losing servants. Of course, she could not have run the farm by herself, but there is a presumptuous quality in her perspective on servants that tells us she is from another time in history. A beloved and great servant is one who makes her life as comfortable as possible, keeps her house clean, does her chores and serves her coffee in bed.