Cora's 1890s Victorian life is going smoothly, she has money and a house of servants to help her, when her father dies and the family is forced to live on his inheritance, Cora is forced to cut back on everything herself. She is the nanny to the children, the cook, the breadwinner, and yet she is treated as an unpaid servant by the family, until she decides to take matters into her own hands. Leaving her London home at seventeen, she is hopeful for a future when she is offered a place to stay by a friend. But things turn nasty and she is forced to flee in the night and she learns to think on her feet. She has only one motto in her life, 'I will survive'. This "e;brilliant"e; and "e;refreshing"e; novella tells the inspiring tale of Lovely Miss Cora as she deals with what life throws at her and fights for herself.