Dear Liza

On the cold streets of nineteenth-century London, eleven-year-old Liza Adams struggles to provide for herself and Jenny, a younger orphan she has taken in as her sister. Although surrounded by hardship, Liza possesses an extraordinary courage, generosity, and gratitude, sustained by treasured letters from her late mother. Her life begins to change when she meets Major David Rutherford, a wealthy gentleman who is both moved and bewildered by the child’ refusal to see herself as unfortunate.

As the Major becomes involved in helping the children, Liza’ quiet wisdom begins to soften the attitudes of his wife, his servants, and others who had judged her by her poverty. Divisions of wealth, class, and circumstance gradually give way to compassion and a deeper appreciation of life. Tender, moving, and filled with hope, Dear Liza is a story about the transforming power of love and gratitude — and how one apparently powerless child can awaken the goodness in everyone she meets.