Subjects: Female friendship -- Fiction, Widows -- Fiction, Women benefactors -- Fiction, Louisville (Ky.) -- Fiction, Single mothers -- Fiction, PS, Poor families -- Fiction, Kentucky -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, Poor women -- Fiction, Urban poor -- Fiction, I
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The story focuses on Mrs. Wiggs, a widow caring for five children in poverty-stricken Cabbage Patch. With her husband gone and more tragedy constantly occurring, she leans on Lucy Olcott, a beautiful and wealthy philanthropist with troubles of her own.