Erema; Or, My Father's Sin

by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

"Erema; Or, My Father's Sin" by R. D. Blackmore is a novel published in 1877. Narrated by fifteen-year-old Erema, the story follows a girl who has grown up in exile with her father in 1850s California. Her father fled England after being wrongly accused of murdering his own father. When he dies, leaving Erema alone, she becomes determined to return to England and clear his name, uncovering the truth behind the crime that destroyed her family.