At F0urteen, She Was Cast Out for Carrying a Child — Years Later, She Returned as a Woman Her Family Never Expected... At fourteen, Sarah Dawson stood on her family’s porch, clutching a worn suitcase and fi/ghting back tears. The late September air in Maple Ridge, Tennessee, was cool and heavy with rain — and final goodbyes. From behind the half-closed door came her mother’s voice, sharp and unforgiving. “You’ve brought sh/ame on this family, Sarah. Don’t you dare come back.” Sarah didn’t plead.