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Ada The Coster Girl
- Author
- Lynette Rees
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 February 2022
- Run Time
- 6 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Connie's job at the match factory was the only thing keeping the family together and when the rent man, Mr Winterbourne, threatens them with internment at the workhouse for non-payment, Ada and Sam must flee. A coster mongering family come to their aid by providing Ada with a barrow of her own to sell fruit and veg by day and flowers outside the theatres by night.
As all this is going on, in the background is the threat of an evil stalker of lone females known as ‘Jack the Ripper’ who eviscerates his victims in the most despicable fashion…
Will Ada and Sam ever reunite with their sister? And will they both be able to survive the savage streets?
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Details
- Author
- Lynette Rees
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Duration
- 6 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 February 2022
- ISBN
- 9781788899666
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction
Synopsis
When twelve-year-old Ada Cooper's elder sister, Connie, goes mysteriously missing, Ada and her younger brother, Sam, are forced to fend for themselves. Connie's job at the match factory was the only thing keeping the family together and when the rent man, Mr Winterbourne, threatens them with internment at the workhouse for non-payment, Ada and Sam must flee. A coster mongering family come to their aid by providing Ada with a barrow of her own to sell fruit and veg by day and flowers outside the theatres by night. As all this is going on, in the background is the threat of an evil stalker of lone females known as ‘Jack the Ripper’ who eviscerates his victims in the most despicable fashion… Will Ada and Sam ever reunite with their sister? And will they both be able to survive the savage streets?
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