Family Affairs — Myrna Kay Elson

In 19th-century Cumberland, young widow Mary Kendal is left with eight children and financial worries after her husband's sudden death. She later meets and marries Peter Allinson, but is faced with the agonizing choice of moving to London with him, or staying in Cockermouth to raise her large family.

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