Making History — Janice Daugharty

Known only as "Sister," this young girl watches her wicked step-father sack up her cats to toss in the river, which for a fact, as she says, "Isn't the worst thing William B. Blaine ever did." Her mother always defends her husband, regardless, and Sister observes how love can make a fool out of a woman. Torn between self-pity over her step-father killing her cats and pity for her mother, she tries to make sense of their sorry life while hoping that maybe this time her mother will make William B. leave. What does it take to kill love?