Cinderella Jane

"Cinderella Jane" by Marjorie Benton Cooke is a story set in the early 1900s, where a hardworking seamstress finds her world colliding with that of a striving artist. Jerry Paxton, a painter, gets his big break directing a play due to a high-society connection, while Jane Judd, who takes care of artists and secretly wants to be a writer, watches his rise. This sets the scene for a story about dreams, climbing the social ladder, and the quiet strength of someone who might seem ordinary but has their own secret hopes.