Small Ambitions
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While working her day job in the small village she lives in, Elisabeth receives a letter informing her of the sudden death of her uncle. She heads towards the capital to claim the inheritance, so that she can take care of her grandparents. She learns that her uncle left everything he had to her, including his successful company. She is forced to take it over, and has to try and maintain the company in a man's world, with business rivals and the odds against her.
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