Aft%@er\ a p \  ainf\! ul re!,bir*th, Eleanor,\; o:;nce a de$]!vo;ted wife and mother, f\ind-,*$s. her fam`ily;'s a*?ffection reser /ved f_or Lydia,^ / /he:;r)- husband William's true+) ; lo?ve.@,+ Bet rayed by Wil=liam'])`s:@ `: bi(_g .amy and h@.;e_; `r c^([hildren's cr_!uelty,[[` she aba/`ndons them, se \cretly applying to Harvard=-. As she builds` a new life in science,=` William a:*[nd ] the. children, ]now s-%@uf%.fering under Lydia's^@, abuse,!; realize t:= heir lo`%s`_s. The\#y b?eg for f@.(!orgiveness, but Eleanor,(\ hardened by their. betrayal, c
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