""An Only Child"" is a novel written by Eliza Orne White and published in 1905. The story revolves around the life of a young girl named Barbara who is an only child living with her parents in a small town in New England. Barbara's life is comfortable and happy until her mother dies suddenly, leaving her alone with her father. As Barbara grows older, she struggles to find her place in the world and to understand her father's distant and often cold...