The Americans Emmeline and Ruth, the heroines of the novels “Emmeline” and “Heading to the Cliff,” are separated by almost a century, but their fates are in many ways similar. Poverty, unhappy love, the desire to get back on her feet... Emmeline, having experienced all the worst things that can befall a woman, dies completely alone. Ruth gets the opportunity to return her first and only love, but life circumstances turn out to be stronger. The reader can expect to meet serious passions, and this means that the book will not leave anyone indifferent.