Plain Molly

Set in California's Central Valley of 1897, seventeen-year-old Molly dreams of continuing her education in Sacramento where she hopes to obtain her teaching certificate. Her strict father refuses to let her attend, citing she is needed on the farm to help with the chores and to care for her ailing mother.Resentful of her two older sisters, who are engaged to be married, Molly runs away with Charles, a traveling tinker man in hopes he will take her to Sacramento. Molly soon discovers...
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Set in California's Central Valley of 1897, seventeen-year-old Molly dreams of continuing her education in Sacramento where she hopes to obtain her teaching certificate. Her strict father refuses to let her attend, citing she is needed on the farm to help with the chores and to care for her ailing mother.Resentful of her two older sisters, who are engaged to be married, Molly runs away with Charles, a traveling tinker man in hopes he will take her to Sacramento. Molly soon discovers that Charles is not the man she thought he was, and his promises of the good life have a hidden agenda. When he leaves her stranded in California's fading gold fields, Molly must not only find food and shelter, but defend herself against a charge of muder.