C Ellen Watts

The Secret Diary of Emily A C Ellen Watts

At age 16 Emily Arnold begins a second diary. In her first diary, The Secret Diary of Emily A Gold Miner's Daughter, Emily tells of her happy though unusual childhood growing up in the shadow of Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains. On the day she turns 16, Ma reminds her she is now a young lady and must learn to act like one. Emily would as soon keep on with trout fishing and climbing trees with her siblings. When Daddy gives permission for a young bachelor to ask for her hand in marriage, she is faced with a choice. Ma tells her that different generations have different ways and to remember that a single choice can last for life. So what's a girl to do about a blue-eyed suitor twice her age who loans her the books she craves? And what if not one person her age ever comes to live on Roxy Ann where Daddy has decided to try his hand at farming?Based on a true story, Emily's decision will take her through seemingly endless mountains of a different sort that demand the kind of loyalty forged only through tenacity and true commitment.