Amy Ella Blanchard 
A Dear Little Girl 

Extract from the beginning of the book:
“It will be a fine opportunity for Edna, ” said Mrs. Conway. Edna did not like that word opportunity; it always seemed to her that it meant something unpleasant. She had noticed that when pleasant things came along they were rarely spoken of as “opportunities, ” but were just happenings. So she sat with her little sturdy legs dangling down from the sofa, and a very sober look upon her round face, while her busy, dimpled hands were folded quietly”.