Chapter 1: Emily%27s Diary -

Then there is the very real, non-fictional diary of Emily French, a divorced woman in the American West of 1890. Recently divorced with two children and receiving no support, Emily French worked as a laundress, cleaning woman, and nurse, struggling for survival across Colorado. "Emily: The Diary of a Hard-Worked Woman" is a poignant, first-hand account of poverty, the working class, and a woman's fight to keep her family together, offering an "unusual look into the life of the working poor".

I read somewhere that it takes twenty-one days to form a habit, but they never tell you how long it takes to feel like a person again after moving halfway across the country. emily%27s diary - chapter 1

Would you like help brainstorming specific plot ideas for Chapter 2? Then there is the very real, non-fictional diary

Maybe that is what this diary is for. It is not an autobiography of a famous person. It is a anchor. A way to hold myself down so the wind of this massive city doesn't blow me away entirely. I read somewhere that it takes twenty-one days

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Then there is the very real, non-fictional diary of Emily French, a divorced woman in the American West of 1890. Recently divorced with two children and receiving no support, Emily French worked as a laundress, cleaning woman, and nurse, struggling for survival across Colorado. "Emily: The Diary of a Hard-Worked Woman" is a poignant, first-hand account of poverty, the working class, and a woman's fight to keep her family together, offering an "unusual look into the life of the working poor".

I read somewhere that it takes twenty-one days to form a habit, but they never tell you how long it takes to feel like a person again after moving halfway across the country.

Would you like help brainstorming specific plot ideas for Chapter 2?

Maybe that is what this diary is for. It is not an autobiography of a famous person. It is a anchor. A way to hold myself down so the wind of this massive city doesn't blow me away entirely.

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