title: I'll Never Be Free
author: Alexander, Sky
description: Hattie Morran is an uneducated dirt farmer's daughter from a small town in Missouri. Not having had any of the advantages in life, she is not much more than some would call the salt of the earth. That is until Rebecca Garland decides to surpass both her son and her husband and leave her fortune to Hattie. "Miss Hattie, I want you to go ahead as planned and marry Abner, for two good reasons. First of all, I love you, and nothing would make me happier than to have you as my daughter-in-law. Secondly, when you marry Abner, you will become my legal heir, which would empower me to legally give or transfer any part of my fortune to you." This of course causes unbelievable problems for the young Miss Hattie. It seems that her advantages in life tend to walk hand in hand with her struggles.