Big Red

This is a story of a girl named Alex who is raised on a planet called Heaven but it was more like hell. Its a hard life and when she gets the chance to find a husband she marries a space trader who turns out to be anything but kind. She learns how to survive by becoming valuable to the crew of the ship they travel in by becoming a good cook. Because she is unhappy she eats and gains a lot of weight. When her husband has something terrible done to her and has her hair dyed a bright red she is called Big Red. When the trade ship they are in is taken over by the crew she accidently becomes a hero and her husband takes over the ship. When trade doesnt go well they end up on a new planet called Paradise where they open a bar and restaurant. Big Reds life is hard and unhappy but when the people arrive things change.