Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter. Short summary

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A continuation of the adventures of Polianna, who by the time the second part has grown up to be a girl. The heroine tries to get a job to earn money and help her bankrupt aunt.

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When Polianna grows up, her guardian Aunt Polly goes bankrupt. The house they live in falls into disrepair, the roof leaks. The woman does not know how to live. Polianna wants to help her, but does not know how to do so.

She plans to become a maid or a cook. Later, the girl tries to succeed as a writer in order to make money writing short stories. In the end, her attempts fail. Despite this, the heroine tries to maintain her former optimism, but gradually it begins to evaporate.

Pauline moves to Boston, where she takes in the care of a sad and withdrawn woman whose nephew has gone missing. Here the girl makes new friends: Mrs. Carew and Jamie, a future literary genius confined to a wheelchair.