Lady of Milkweed Manor

Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie Klassen

Not every one is perfect, even those whom society thinks should be. A minister’s daughter by the name of Charlotte Lamb makes a mistake and is cast out of her home. Thanks to a most distant family member who cares about Charlotte, she is provided shelter as she lives, waiting for the day she will hold her own little child.

Charlotte is taken from her status in life to the lowest ends she could imagine. Raised to be a sweet lady she is an outcast even among the outcasts. She has a heart of gold and longs to love, and be loved. She is forced to make difficult choices, ones any mother would hardly be able to bear, but for the good of her child, she must make the most difficult choice she could imagine. It a broken heart, she gives her new born babe to a rich man who’s wife lost their son that very night, the mans wife was not to know that her child died, and another was brought in his place.

Though her heart is broken, she is thrust in to a desperate situation, trying to help a babe who’s mother is effected by a mental illness caused by her pregnancy. She knows the day will come when she will have to say goodbye to the second child of her heart, but she hangs on as long as she can, and prays that God will guide her, and restore her.

I very much enjoyed this story, set around the 1800’s, in England. It was one of those heart warming stories, which showed the journey of a young woman trying to find her place in the world. When every thing crumbled around her, she made the choices she needed to and faced her life not knowing where the next step would take her.

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