She Takes Her Chances

<p>Julia's world is shattered when her father dies leaving her mother to navigate life as a young widow with two daughters. As the family struggles to rebuild Julia wrestles with feelings of isolation rebellion and the longing for a life beyond the confines of her childhood home. When her mother remarries their lives shift into the grand but uneasy world of her new stepfather Ian - a man who brings both promise and control.</p><p></p><p>???????Determined to carve out her own destiny Julia faces heartbreak betrayal and the suffocating burden of expectations. But through it all she finds solace in books music and the dream of freedom. Will she escape the shadows of her past and take control of her future or will the ghosts of her early years hold her back?</p>