Grace Livingston Hill 
April Gold 

Marilla Reeds world changed in an instant. Now shes left to pick up the pieces and scrape together a new existence in a run-down neighborhood far from what she knows. Marilla struggles to adapt, wondering what kind of future shell have with no chance of college. . .and no chance of love. Then the jealousy of a neighborhood man flares, and survival takes on a new meaning. . . .