Grace Livingston Hill 
April Gold 

Marilla Reed had everything she could want growing up. She knew that life held only the best for her.
Then, one tragic day, her father is brought home unconscious. Suddenly, Marilla finds her life changed dramatically—and not for the better! Plunged into poverty, forced to move to a tumbledown cottage on the poor side of town, Marilla and her family must learn a new way of life… and a new way of survival.
But who will protect Marilla from her dangerous new neighbors? Has she lost all hope of finding happiness—and the love—she longs for?