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The Beggar Maid
- Author
- Dilly Court
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 11 June 2015
- Run Time
- 10 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
The wonderfully nostalgic, vivid and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top five bestselling author of A Loving Family.
From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets.
When he grandfather passes away, Charity is helped by a kindly doctor who introduces her to bookseller, Jethro Dawkins. Jethro takes Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house in their one room behind the shop.
Charity sleeps under the counter and is not well treated, but Jethro instills in her the love of books that began when her grandmother taught her to read. And she starts to hope for a better future for herself.
But Jethro dies unexpectedly, and Charity is faced with eviction when the rent is raised by the unscrupulous landlord. Must Charity give up her dream of running the bookshop herself, and worse, be forced to return to the streets...?
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Atmospheric, vivid and compelling.
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There's a depth to her characters, and the locations are vividly drawn
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Details
- Author
- Dilly Court
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Duration
- 10 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 June 2015
- ISBN
- 9781473518773
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: books and the world of books
Synopsis
The wonderfully nostalgic, vivid and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top five bestselling author of A Loving Family.From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets. When he grandfather passes away, Charity is helped by a kindly doctor who introduces her to bookseller, Jethro Dawkins. Jethro takes Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house in their one room behind the shop. Charity sleeps under the counter and is not well treated, but Jethro instills in her the love of books that began when her grandmother taught her to read. And she starts to hope for a better future for herself. But Jethro dies unexpectedly, and Charity is faced with eviction when the rent is raised by the unscrupulous landlord. Must Charity give up her dream of running the bookshop herself, and worse, be forced to return to the streets...?
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