From the Photoplay Covers

1947: Mildred left California after everything that happened with Monte and Veda. She ends up in Chicago to start her new life, but she wasn't ready for the unexpected situations she encountered.
This story is set with Rosa never returning to Loyalton.
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This is based on the movies Mildred Pierce (1945) and Beyond the Forest (1949). Both Joan Crawford and Bette Davis films.