In this sensitive, heart-warming story we meet Emily Starr for the very first time. Sprited, irrepressible Emily, left an orphan when her father dies, finds she is really not alone. An unexpected world of family and friends is waiting for her at New Moon Farm. There Cousin Jimmy encourages her emerging talent for writing, stern Aunt Elizabeth teaches her a surprising lesson in growing up, and Emily's own special way of understanding solves a mystery that gives a lonely man the chance to love again.