ed ▁while ▁abroad . ▁ ▁Life ▁Born ▁in ▁Part ick , ▁Scotland , ▁the ▁fourth ▁daughter ▁and ▁sixth ▁child ▁of ▁Peter ▁Mac n aught an ▁and ▁Julia ▁Black man , ▁she ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁home ▁by ▁her ▁father . ▁After ▁her ▁parents ▁died , ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁Kent ▁in ▁England , ▁then ▁to ▁London . ▁There ▁she ▁would ▁emb ark ▁on ▁a ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁writer , ▁with ▁her ▁first ▁novel , ▁Sel ah ▁Harrison , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 . ▁The ▁best ▁known ▁of ▁her ▁works ▁were ▁The ▁Fort une ▁of ▁Christ ina ▁M ' N ab ▁( 1 9 0 1 ), ▁A ▁L ame ▁Dog ' s ▁Di ary ▁( 1 9 0 5 ), ▁and ▁The ▁Exp ensive ▁Miss ▁Du ▁C ane ▁( 1 9 0 0 ). ▁ ▁She ▁became ▁well - tra vel led , ▁journey ing , ▁among ▁other ▁locations , ▁to ▁Canada , ▁South ▁America , ▁South ▁Africa , ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁India . ▁Sarah ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁movement , ▁a ided ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the ▁B alk an ▁Wars ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁performed ▁social ▁services ▁for ▁the ▁poor ▁in ▁London ' s ▁East ▁End , ▁and ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁Bo er ▁War . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁she ▁volunte ered ▁with ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁Society . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 4