Myra Sherwood's cross, and how she bore it

After losing her mother in infancy, Myra Sherwood is raised amid grief, memory, and earnest Christian love. Her grandfather sees in the child a precious link to his beloved daughter, while her aunt Amy longs to guide her upbringing. Yet the family’s hopes cannot protect Myra from change: her father gradually recovers from his sorrow, remarries, and becomes less attentive to the little girl who once seemed essential to him.

As Myra’s childhood unfolds, questions of home, loyalty, faith, and character begin to shape her life. Her grandfather’s careful arrangements for her future offer security, but they also hint at conflicts still to come within a divided family. This gentle Victorian story follows a young girl learning that goodness is not merely inherited or taught, but tested through hardship—and that a life of Christian principle may require courage, patience, and self-denial.