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The Home Clara Built

By the time Clara Whitmore reached the forty acres beneath the San Juan Mountains, half the people who knew her situation had already decided how it would end. They simply disagreed on how quickly. The stage driver thought she would last three days. A storekeeper in Durango gave her a week. Mrs. Bellamy, who ran the boardinghouse where Clara...

By My Life Story Editorial

Published November 2, 2026 · Updated November 2, 2026

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Genre: Hope & Kindness
Audience: Adult readers
Chapters: 6
Fiction status: fiction
Editorial responsibility: My Life Story Editorial

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story id: f9225dab-1ab2-4f74-8e08-c99895bc212b
primary theme: Women Who Rise
secondary themes: None assigned
genre: Hope & Kindness
fiction status: fiction
audience: Adult readers
setting: Not specified
chapter count: 6
publish date: 2026-11-02T01:50:24.726Z
updated date: 2026-11-02T01:50:24.726Z
author: My Life Story Editorial
editor: My Life Story Editorial