Eight-year-old Matilda is abandoned by her mother at the workhouse with promises that she will be back in a few months once she finds work. As two years pass and Matilda has given up hope of ever seeing her again, her mother returns, with her new husband.
Promising a bright future for herself and Matilda, Matilda can't help but distrust her mother. Life with her stepfather is nothing but heartache, and Matilda flees, finding heself scared and alone on the streets.
When a couple take her in with promises of a safe place to live and respectable wages, Matilda agrees. But she soon finds that she can trust no one, as she has found out all her life.
The one bright spot in her day is fellow worker Nick. They lean on each other, and Nick vows to protect Matilda. But one day Nick is gone, with false promises of him returning to take her away from the prison that she is confined to.
But Matilda has learned to trust no one, and her heart learns too late that her instincts were right. Nick never cared about her. And Matilda is left all alone to fend for herself, heartbroken and berating herself for trusting someone who cared only about himself.
Genre: Sagas
Promising a bright future for herself and Matilda, Matilda can't help but distrust her mother. Life with her stepfather is nothing but heartache, and Matilda flees, finding heself scared and alone on the streets.
When a couple take her in with promises of a safe place to live and respectable wages, Matilda agrees. But she soon finds that she can trust no one, as she has found out all her life.
The one bright spot in her day is fellow worker Nick. They lean on each other, and Nick vows to protect Matilda. But one day Nick is gone, with false promises of him returning to take her away from the prison that she is confined to.
But Matilda has learned to trust no one, and her heart learns too late that her instincts were right. Nick never cared about her. And Matilda is left all alone to fend for herself, heartbroken and berating herself for trusting someone who cared only about himself.
Genre: Sagas
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