In The Shadow of her Legacy

It used to be so easy to lose a child. In the United States of the early twentieth century, all the government required was that a child be registered at birth and attend school until the age of fifteen. There were no mandatory reporting laws or other safety regulations in place. A child like young Mia could be left to the whims and cruelties of her parents.

Mia's tormentor and torturer is her own mother, Nadia. Nadia, the imperious matriarch of the family, takes an unnatural interest in he...