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Elisabeth Parker comes to California from Massachusetts in 1849 with her new husband, Nate, to reunite with her father, who’s struck gold on the American River. But she soon realizes her husband is not the man she thought and neither is her father, who abandons them shortly after they arrive. As Nate struggles with his sexuality, Elisabeth is forced to confront her preconceived notions of family, love, and opportunity. She finds comfort in corresponding with her childhood friend back home, writer Louisa May Alcott, and spending time in the company of a mysterious Californio. Armed with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s
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A 19th Century woman’s account, in embroidery, of mental turmoil and hardship has been enlarged for display at the Victoria & Albert Museum – endorsed by Kylie Minogue.
Elizabeth Parker, who left home aged 13 to work as a nursery maid, later expressed her feelings in 64 lines of tiny, red cross-stitches.
She tells of abuse from her employer, with experiences of “cruelty too horrible to mention”, mental turmoil and her thoughts of suicide.
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