This story is about a poor family who sail to America to make a better life. The parents get sick and die and the children are sent to the poor house. A rich family adopts the pretty sister, and the plain sister is left in the poor house and only later is taken in by a kind widow. The ordinary sister is the main heroine and she suffers from disrespect of her pretty sister who pretends not to know her. This book is the classic Cinderella tale retold in a less magical manner, and it’s definitely w
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