The Dawn of a To-morrow - Frances Hodgson Burnett - Bookniverse

Deep in the heart of foggy London, a wealthy man named Sir Oliver Holt is exhausted and miserable. However, when he wanders into London's poorest streets, he meets a young girl named Glad. She has no money and lives in a cold room, yet she possesses a spirit that Sir Oliver cannot understand. She is cheerful and brave, spending her time helping people who have even less than she does. By focusing on the lives of others, Sir Oliver begins to change his perspective.****************************The author behind this moving tale, Frances Hodgson Burnett, was a woman who truly understood what it meant to face difficult times. Born in Manchester in 1849, she grew up witnessing the wide gap between the rich and the poor in industrial Britain. When her family lost their money, they moved to America, where she began writing stories to help support them. Burnett’s own life was filled with both great success and deep sadness, which allowed her to write about human emotions with incredible honesty. While many people know her for The Secret Garden, she wrote The Dawn of a To-morrow in 1906 to share her belief in the power of hope and positive thinking.