" A remarkable tale of an ordinary housewife who leaves an extraordinary legacy, it reminds us of the true spirit of charity,the lasting effects of poverty,and the tragic self-silencing that limits the richness of far too many lives.""It all started with a single nickle in 1965", as a housewife named Penny Burford takes a nickle from her husband Ron of the change left on the bedroom dresser. She has no idea of why she did it, but she keeps taking coins from Ron's spare change. This didn't matter because he never missed it. Sometime later she starts feeling guilt from taking Ron's coins and keeping it a secret from him, but as the small amount of change collected grew, she began to like having her own money. It gave her the freedom to do whatever she wanted,and she began to realise that "small changes can lead to big changes." Ron was very confused when he saw that there was a check withdrawn with a large amount of money, with only Penny's name on it. He began to wonder how Penny, a housewife who has never worked outside the house come up with so much money. He decided to do some detective work and find out how she did this, and along the way he began to find out more about Penny than he ever knew. Everything he learns about Penny made him austonished and light hearted, because she showed him a different way of life.
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