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Mother Dorcas is a selfish spendthrift who runs her family into debt (Corrine Dollanganger) her husband is ashamed of himself for losing it all and the family goes to live on Dorcas's brother's estate in a tiny cottage. I'm either going to off myself for thinking I'm horrible for not having maternal instincts like "normal" women do or I'll take it out on the child who doesn't deserve that. Emerald Winter life suddenly changes when her father disappears, leaving the family in enormous debt.There is absolutely no connection to the previous book except for the fact that both central characters have a name of a precious stone.

From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio! Emerald or Emmy the oldest daughter goes to live and care for a sick wealthy and very eccentric aunt Imogen, Abigail or Abi the youngest is conned by her cousin Jasper to go work at a club in London and runs away. Emmy grows to love her aunt and she and her other cousin Jake who is a doctor open a clinic to help with the people in the slums. If I got pregnant and didn't want it and was against abortion and I had some woman or many people as society tends too do to women who choose not to have kids telling me constantly you'll fall in love the moment you see the baby and I see the baby and see trauma or have no feelings for it I'm going to feel like a failure, I'm going to resent the kid if people keep telling me to give it a chance and push the kid on me.Rebellious Abigail is unwilling to lower herself to menial farm chores and instead runs away, finding work as ahostess in a Soho club where she soon attracts trouble. Forced to throw themselves at the mercy of Emerald’s uncle who begrudgingly allows them on his farm and desperate to find work, Emerald must leave her family and travel to London to become the companion of a distant aunt she’s never met. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, then fostered a number of children, she is now a full-time novelist. They are forced to throw themselves on the mercy of Emerald's uncle who begrudgingly allows them to live in a small cottage within the grounds of his farm. This book definitely would've been five full stars as I loved Emmy's story, Abi's too up until the pregnancy thing ad I saw it coming from a mile off.