A Child Of The Sacred Heart is a novel written by Mary Fitzgerald and originally published in 1868. The story is set in France and follows the life of a young girl named Marie, who is orphaned at a young age and taken in by the nuns of the Sacred Heart convent. Marie grows up in the convent, receiving a rigorous education and learning the ways of the Catholic Church. She is a devout and obedient child, but as she grows older, she begins to question...