Jane Field: A Novel

  • Autor: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
  • Editora: Classic Books Forever

Sinopse

Driven to desperate measures by poverty and a fierce desire to protect her ailing daughter, a fiercely proud woman makes a chilling decision. By assuming the identity of her deceased sister to claim an inheritance, she steps into a suffocating web of deception. This psychological masterpiece delves deep into the soul of a strict Puritan conscience grappling with the agony of a monumental lie. The tension builds relentlessly as the guilt begins to fracture her mind and her world. It is a gripping, dark exploration of maternal love twisted into a tragic sin.