Mary Beckwith is unwanted. After her mother's death, her father discards her at the orphanage, unwilling to care for her any longer. But several years later, as Christmas arrives, he is back, taking her home.
Mary is overjoyed until she sees the man her once loving father has become. She's nothing more than a maid to him but accepts her fate, eventually becoming a maid at the Everly townhouse.
Mary prays that her hard life is finally over. When she meets John at church, her dreams of a future with him bring a hint of light into the darkness of her heart. But that hope soon turns into hopelessness and despair.
When Mary is unfairly accused and tossed out into the streets, she doesn't know where she will go. She prays for a Christmas miracle that will turn her life around so she can be happy again. Will she be able to find that Christmas miracle?
Her father died, then she mentions wondering how her friends and father are doing. John opens the box containing the engagement ring twice? Book needs better editing, but it still leaves it very weak and wanting.
This book threw me for a loop. For the first 60 percent, it was mainly sad (there are several mentions of drinking, being drunk and the sadness it brings.) However, I really began enjoying it towards the end of the book. One thing that irked me is it felt like every other chapter, it was saying One Year Later. I struggled keeping up with her age. But this was a no brain power book and I liked the second half enough to want to keep this
This was a good story about a young girl struggling her whole life to find kindness and love. Her father was a drunk, her mother died and father placed her in an orphanage. Just the beginnings of woes, but happiness was found, enjoy her journey.