"Miss Lulu Bett" by Zona Gale is a novel published in 1920. Lulu lives with her sister's family, serving them without complaint but without happiness. When her brother-in-law's brother visits, an accidental marriage changes everything—until a shocking revelation sends Lulu home. Caught between family expectations and her own desires, she must decide whether to accept her circumstances or forge an independent path, while helping her niece avoid similar entrapment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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