Wives and Daughters Chapter 15 - The New Mamma

In which Molly returns to her transformed family home on the afternoon of her father’s remarriage and faces the quiet trials of adjusting to a new stepmother, the discontent of longtime servants, and the shifts in domestic routine that unsettle her accustomed life. The household weaves in and out of small domestic grievances and unspoken sorrows, revealing the tender complexities of family bonds newly formed and loyalties tested.