The Year of the Diamond Mine — Marian Jones

World renowned artist Emmy Sebastian doesn't intend to tell her story, but a young, ambitious reporter coaxes it out of her. Emmy takes a long hard look at her youth and the year she worked her secret diamond mine and her dreams of the riches it would produce and lift her family out of poverty. But the treasures the diamond mine gives her is beyond her wildest dreams. As she relates her tale, her relives the year that profoundly changed her life. THE YEAR OF THE DIAMOND MINE By Marian Jones FAMILY SECRETS, BETRAYAL, AND HOPE