Courage - the Story of Herta Hahn - Book 1

She will never let go of her dreams. And she will never let anyone decide her fate ever again.

Orphaned Herta has served as a maid on a farm in Östergötland since childhood, but daydreams of a different life. When she is 16 years old, she is raped by the farmer's son Anders. She becomes pregnant, is forced to leave the child after birth and loses her job. As a lonely, unemployed woman, life seems hopeless. What is she going to do? Herta's story is a gripping, historical series about a young, headstrong woman's fight for independence and the right to her own life.