A friend from church checked this out and read it - and wanted someone else to read it, too. So she called me and had someone drop it off at Vacation Bible School for me. I think I understand why.
This is set in the late 19th or early 20th century. The story is about a young woman whose life has been defined by "mother's terrible accident." It is pretty clear that the "accident" was the deliberate murder of her mother by her father who proceeds to abuse his three daughters. The middle daughter falls for a handsome young carpenter and runs away with him only to find herself reenacting her mother's life. He beats her and starves her until one night the beating is so severe that neighbors rush in and rescue her.
At this point the real abuse begins as she seeks a divorce in a time and place where that is virtually unheard of.
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