Ireland, 1901 The work house gates clanged shut behind us, as me and the mammy walked down the hill towards the town. I was six years old and leaving the only home I had ever known WhenCissy Ryans real mother comes to claim her from the workhouse, its not how she imagined. Her familys tumbledown cottage has ice on the inside of its windows and is in an isolated, povertystricken village in the muddy Irish countryside. But when Cissy is allowed to help neighbourColm Doyleand his horse named Blue on their milk round one morning, Cissy starts to feel as though friendship could get her through anything. Its Colm who looks in on Cissys grandfather when she starts at the village school, and Colm who tells her to hold her chin high when she interviews for a position at the grand Bretton House. But in the vast mansion with its shining floors and sweeping staircase, itsMasterPeter Brettonwho captures Cissys heart with his dark curls and easy laugh. As Cissy blossoms from a skinny orphan into a confident young girl, Colm tells her shes as good as anyone and she begins to believe anything is possible. But not everyone with a kind smile has a kind heart, and Cissy doesnt know that further sorrow lies in store for her. When Cissy finds herself desperate, alone, and faced with a devastating choice, can she find the strength to survive?

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