The Little Old Lady Next Door — Linda Hudson Hoagland

Living a sheltered childhood is not always good. Ellen discovers deceit and pain as she travels through life from being a na¯ve country girl to acquiring the basic instincts to survive in the big city. Ellen faces not one crossroad, but many, and she does not always choose the correct path. Ellen didn't choose to be fat, but she is. Ellen didn't choose to become pregnant with her first child while unmarried, but it was her fault, and she knows it. Ellen didn't choose to fall in love with a married man, but she does, and she struggles to walk away from a situation she knows she cannot win. All she asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you've traveled in her shoes.