ASIN: B07H6YP6Z2
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 221
A widow with two small children, Nissa Stillwell is forced out of the mining supervisor's house she had lived in prior to her husband’s death in the mine disaster in Wildcat Ridge, Utah. She quickly learns he had gone heavily into debt to impress his boss, mine owner Mortimer Crane. In order for her and her children to have a home, she leaves what few possessions remain behind and contracts with the Ridge Hotel to do their laundry as most of the rent on a laundry shed and drying yard next to the hotel. With work from the hotel, plus a few other laundry jobs, she is able to make ends meet—barely. Being left with only the furnishings and personal items that make up James Stillwell’s estate, Mortimer Crane goes after Nissa to pay him the rest of what he claims he is owed. She refuses, pointing out in Utah, everything is owned by the husband and only they can enter into contracts. Wives ...
