Perfect to create that inner glow on the coldest of days.
This is the story of Nessie a young woman who due to the tragedy of the death of her mother is thrust into the role of family homemaker for her older brother and younger siblings. This is a task made more difficult when her brother breaks his ankle and they are left with no income with which to pay for rent or food. Nessie is in danger from her lecherous landlord to make up her debt through use of her body but she refuses to do this and makes plans to get her family away from him and into to safe place with a steady income.
Nessie finds herself and her brother a job with a local undertaker and as this comes with room and board it gives them a secure place to stay until her youngest sibling becomes terminally ill. This brings Nessie into the orbit of a dashing young doctor the offspring of the local worthy. Coming from different backgrounds Nessie sees their relationship as being doomed.
Despite her own troubles Nessie is compassionate towards others and this leads to others showing compassion towards her as her ex landlord seeks to blacken her name.
How Nessie continues to support her family and what the future holds for her and her family is the meat of this heart warming story ideal for sitting in an armchair in front of the fire.
Nessie finds herself and her brother a job with a local undertaker and as this comes with room and board it gives them a secure place to stay until her youngest sibling becomes terminally ill. This brings Nessie into the orbit of a dashing young doctor the offspring of the local worthy. Coming from different backgrounds Nessie sees their relationship as being doomed.
Despite her own troubles Nessie is compassionate towards others and this leads to others showing compassion towards her as her ex landlord seeks to blacken her name.
How Nessie continues to support her family and what the future holds for her and her family is the meat of this heart warming story ideal for sitting in an armchair in front of the fire.