Orphaned by the War, Her Uncle Let Her Take Only a Worthless Toy — What She Found Inside It Changed

She was orphaned by the war, and her uncle let her take only one thing when he sent her away — a small, worthless-looking toy no one else wanted. Clara Hartley grew up at her father's workbench, and when he went to war and never came home, she was left to a household that saw her as a burden rather than a niece. Sent at last to a fallen-down cottage with nothing but a carpet bag and a battered dollhouse her father had made her, she rebuilt a life for herself with patience no one had taught her to expect. What she found hidden inside that small wooden house would prove her father had never really left her with nothing at all. This is an original fictional story set against the general backdrop of the First World War era. No real battles, regiments, or historical figures are depicted.