Born in the Briar Patch - Paperback Edition - 475 pages
The pretty young housemaid Nellie Peterkin catches the eye of the plantation owner John Bottomsley and secretly becomes his mistress. Both mistress and wife find themselves pregnant at the same time and John Bottomsley forces Nellie into a pact to take her child, should his wife have another miscarriage.
Emily Bottomsley grows up believing she is the child of John and Sarah Bottomsley. She becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child who is obviously not Caucasian, and whom her mother instantly banishes from the plantation. The child is taken to its grandmother Nellie Peterkin who showers it with affection until the truth is found out and Emily and her husband bring their son back to his rightful home.
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Emily Bottomsley grows up believing she is the child of John and Sarah Bottomsley. She becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child who is obviously not Caucasian, and whom her mother instantly banishes from the plantation. The child is taken to its grandmother Nellie Peterkin who showers it with affection until the truth is found out and Emily and her husband bring their son back to his rightful home.
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