About The Book
A Story That Crosses Oceans, Generations, and the Limits of the Human Heart
At the turn of the 20th century, Ona, a Lithuanian woman scarred by abuse and poverty, raises her daughter Marita in fear, cruelty, and silence. When Marita is sent to America as a teenager, she carries her mother’s emotional wounds and the heavy legacy of survival.
Story Summary
In the coal-mining towns of Pennsylvania, Marita begins anew. Her brother Stanys, kind and protective, and his fiancée Julia, cheerful and compassionate, help her navigate this unfamiliar world. But when love finds her in the form of Victor, a hardworking miner with a gentle heart, Marita’s fragile peace is shattered by betrayal, grief, and the ghosts of her past.
Through heartbreak, motherhood, and unimaginable loss, Marita’s life becomes a mirror of the woman she swore never to become — until one day, staring at her reflection, she realizes the truth:
forgiveness is the only way to freedom.
Thematic Highlights:
- 🌍 Immigration to Escape Abuse: A journey across oceans — from suffering to survival.
- 💔 Mother–Daughter Relationship: The painful inheritance of love, resentment, and redemption.
- 💪 Female Empowerment: Marita’s transformation from victim to survivor, from silence to strength.
- 💞 Healing Through Love: The power of compassion to break generational pain.
- 🌿 Forgotten Women: A tribute to women who lived unseen but whose strength shaped generations.
- 🕊️ Soulful Fiction: A deeply emotional, beautifully written narrative about resilience and rebirth.
Reader Appeal
If you loved The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, or Before We Were Yours, you’ll find Broken Women just as gripping, intimate, and unforgettable.
This isn’t just a historical novel — it’s a reflection of the lives of real women who endured and survived, who carried both sorrow and hope in equal measure.
Emotional Quote
“She was born unwanted.
She lived unloved.
But she died unbroken.”
