Henrietta Symons is the third daughter in a large Victorian family, a misfit with neither charm nor beauty. Querulous and bad-tempered, she watches as her life passes aimlessly by, clinging to her one saving grace-she knows herself for what she is, and self-knowledge, however bitter, turns her life of defeat into a kind of victory. This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book is both heartbreaking and inspiring. I read it again and again every two years or so. The author really understands the human heart, with its ability to experience great disapointment and sorrow, but also perseverance and strenghth.
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