Mrs. Blencarrow is a lovely middle-aged widow with five adoring children and a comfortable income with which to raise them. She holds a position of admiration and respect in her strictly Victorian village society. But the good lady who seems beyond reproach has a secret, and not all her neighbors wish her well.
When one of them stumbles upon incriminating information, Mrs. Blencarrow stands to lose everything she holds dear …
Originally published in 1890 by Margaret Oliphant, a keen and prolific chronicler of the strict laws and customs of her time.
