Emily, the girl of “New Moon”—such is the name of the place where fate’s cruelty cast her, stripping away the warmth of family and the world she once knew. Orphaned in heart and spirit, she is led to live under the stern wing of her domineering aunt, “Elizabeth,” at the New Moon farm, where a strange world unfolds before her—one that wounds her innocence and dims the colors of her childhood. She found no refuge but writing, a sanctuary to mend her shattered self and reclaim what had been stolen. She would write upon anything that fell into her hands, striving to rise above a reality burdened with pain and deprivation. Yet even this fragile solace was not spared from her aunt’s harshness, who often chastised her for it, and at times wielded it as a tool of bargaining and control. Ah, how cruel life can be to one so young, and how bitter the company that deepened her loneliness and carved her wounds ever deeper!
