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The Workhouse Girl
- Author
- Dilly Court
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 16 January 2014
- Run Time
- 12 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah and her widowed mother to enter the notorious St Giles and St George’s Workhouse.
When her mother dies in childbirth, the independent-minded Sarah falls foul of the workhouse master, Trigg and his cruel wife.
Sarah’s ordeal seems to be over when a sugar mill owner takes her into his home.
But her wealthy benefactor reports Trigg and his wife. And blaming Sarah for their misfortune, in a fit of revenge, the couple decide to take the law into their own hands.
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Details
- Author
- Dilly Court
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Duration
- 12 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 January 2014
- ISBN
- 9781473506190
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age
Synopsis
Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah and her widowed mother to enter the notorious St Giles and St George’s Workhouse. When her mother dies in childbirth, the independent-minded Sarah falls foul of the workhouse master, Trigg and his cruel wife.Sarah’s ordeal seems to be over when a sugar mill owner takes her into his home. But her wealthy benefactor reports Trigg and his wife. And blaming Sarah for their misfortune, in a fit of revenge, the couple decide to take the law into their own hands.
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