Little Miss By-The-Day

Felicia Day, an elusive young seamstress whose drawling speech endears and mystifies her neighbors, moves through a series of domestic episodes and minor intrigues centered on a large, atmospheric house and its garden. After a fall she is cared for by a stern guardian and devoted household servants and is taken toward a secluded House in the Woods, where memories of a missing mother, hints of romance, and local gossip surface. The narrative combines gentle humor and sentimental observation in episodic scenes that examine longing, belonging, the power of rumor, and the delicate ways ordinary lives conceal and reveal identity.