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Rich Girl, Poor Girl

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Rich Girl, Poor Girl written by Val Wood, read by Anne Dover.

Christmas 1860:

Polly, living in grinding poverty,loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the streets of Hull.

Rosalie, brought up in affluence and comfort on the other side of town, loses her own mother in similar circumstances and on the same day.

Polly takes a job as scullery maid in Rosalie's lonely house, and the two girls form an unlikely friendship. Travelling to the North Yorkshire Moors they discover a new kind of life and find unexpected joy and fulfilment.

Author Val Wood
Narrator Anne Dover
Duration 13 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9781407094731
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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