![]() ![]() With her marriage, she believes her dream of returning to proper society has finally come true. Publishers WeeklyThe Lovely Bones meets the Wild, Wild West in this haunting tale inspired by a true story. ![]() ![]() As a highly sought-after demi-mondaine, Annie?now Bessie?garners many expensive gifts from her admirers and eventually meets and marries the son of a wealthy jeweler, a traveling salesman with a gambling problem. This affecting tale of a 19th-century American woman struggling to prove her worth other than as a marriage prospect leaves a lasting impression. But few rights or opportunities are available to a woman in the 1860s, and after failing to find a respectable job, she resorts to prostitution in order to survive. ![]() When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way to be reunited with her daughter. ?This affecting tale of a 19th-century American woman struggling to prove her worth other than as a marriage prospect leaves a lasting impression.? Publishers WeeklyThe Lovely Bones meets the Wild, Wild West in this haunting tale inspired by a true story.Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. ![]()
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