Yearning : 9781779413093

Yearning is the story of Starr, who was born in the early years of the twentieth century. She tells her life story to her niece Flora, who is preparing to write her thesis on the study of women in the twentieth century. Starr grew up without a mother or a father. Her mother died when she was a little girl and her father could not manage to raise her, so he sent her away to work for strangers.