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Jane Cahill has suffered years of neglect and abuse in the home of her aunt and uncle. Her aunt is a kindly person, but too weak to stand up to her husband. Jane's uncle blames the girl for being part of his brother's murder and as a consequence has treated her like dirt. When Jane was a little girl, her mother murdered her father, a nasty, abusive man who beat his wife and...