![]() But she also discovers that the real change has burned inside her all along - if only she is strong enough to mine it. ![]() until she discovers that every promise has a price. When a much brighter future is suddenly promised to her family, Willa knows it is a miracle. She also yearns for a special love, the love of a boy who makes her laugh and shares the poetry she carries in her heart. Willa yearns for a better life - enough food to eat, clothes that fit, and a home free of black grit. Even the fierce flame of her family's love - her one bright spot against the darkness - has begun to dim. ![]() ![]() Willa Lowell fears that this dust marks her to be nothing else, that she will never win against the constant struggle to survive. Backbreaking work, threadbare clothes, and black coal dust choking the air - this is what a miner's daughter knows. ![]()
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