A Door Cracked Open

Raised in a mean-spirited, poverty-stricken home in England, where her quarrelsome father tries to squash her carefree spirit and her three siblings make fun of her, Amy struggles to understand what value she has. Somehow finding God in the midst of an atheist upbringing, she perseveres to grow up better than the useless person she's assured she is.When told at the age of sixteen that she must start working to pay her way instead of finishing school, she dares to dream of a better life, away from the squabbles and constant despair she encounters at home. A magazine ad from a family in Sweden, looking for someone to watch their children, entices Amy's adventurous spirit, and she soon finds herself looking through a new door in her life, cracked open to an amazing world she never dreamed possible, where people are nice to her and life is good. Yet, her incredibly rich, rough life is just beginning.