Lovey Mary

When the orphanage matron comes to hear Lovey Mary repent, she finds her at an upstairs window making hideous faces and kicking the furniture. Then Mary asks the question that cuts deeper than any scolding: can an ugly girl ever marry?

In Miss Bell’s prim, orderly orphanage, thirteen-year-old Mary longs for beauty, kindness, and a life that feels like her own. She is forever being told to behave, yet her unruly heart will not settle for the small, tidy world assigned to her. Then Kate Rider, the girl who once taunted her, returns with a baby and leaves him in Mary’s care. Mary resents the new burden—until Tommy wakes, frightened and crying, and reaches for her. Could the child she never wanted become the one person who makes her feel loved?

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