Mary Jeffrey's Letters from America

One Woman's True Story. Mary Jeffrey's Letters from America 1890-1893 tells the tale of a young Englishwoman who embarks upon a journey as the governess to a member of the Hawaiian royal family. Her harrowing accounts of illness and disease epic train rides and bank robberies punctuate an accurate record the day-to-day life of a young homesick mother separated from her beloved family and two young chldren. These letters have been faithfully transcribed from faded folded correspondence unearthed in South Africa in 2010 by an award winning short-story writer.