Ruth Ann Phimister
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In 1664, sixteen-year-old Griet enters the Vermeer household as a servant. Daughter of a Delft tile maker, she has a natural eye for color and design. Daily, she cleans the studio, learning much about how Vermeer sees the people he paints. As his attention focuses on her, she slowly becomes one of his subjects.
2) Ellen Foster
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Growing up in a small Southern town, 11-year-old Ellen has already learned the world's most difficult lesson: life is unfair. Abused by her drunken father and her cruel grandmother, she is driven by desperation and loneliness to find a safe place to live.
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Nineteen-year-old Marty Claridge, left alone and pregnant on the frontier prairie when her husband is killed in a tragic accident, goes to live with widower Clark Davis who needs someone to care for his young daughter and together they form a family based on faith, respect, and finally love.