About this Book

Amanda is a young woman whose parents are separated by the death of her mother. Her and her parents lived in a mining camp from the time Amanda was five years old until she was ten. Her father futilely searched for gold until her mother became ill and died. Her dad was a drunk and he couldn't live with the shame for the way he treated Amanda and her mother, so he sends Amanda away to live with her aunt and uncle, even though Amanda begs him not to. After Amanda turns eighteen and finishes her co