Mona

Mona, at sixteen, is savagely beaten and raped; Amos, her classmate and impassioned friend, rescues her but suffers a near fatal exposure pursuing her rapist. Mona recovers and marries a low-life who gives her children and poverty. Amos and his cousin Tom become teenage lovers, marry sisters, and take quadripartite vows that produce a son they share. Mona inherits critical evidence that destroys her rapist, and becomes wealthy and a force in the lives of those around her. She finds her long...