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The Urchin´s Song: Has she found the key to happiness?
Rita Bradshaw
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Description for The Urchin´s Song: Has she found the key to happiness?
Paperback. The tale of the courageous rise of a young girl, saved from the Sunderland slums by her beautiful voice. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy.
The approach of the twentieth century means little to Josie Burns and her family; living in Sunderland's slum area, they battle dirt, cold and hunger on a daily basis. Josie's brothers and sisters are terrified of their violent alcoholic father, but Josie is not like the rest, for she has something that will enable her to rise out of the slums: a beautiful singing voice, with which even as a child she earns enough pennies to keep her father happy. When she discovers that her father is trying to put her younger sister, Gertie, on the game, Josie and Gertie ... Read more
The approach of the twentieth century means little to Josie Burns and her family; living in Sunderland's slum area, they battle dirt, cold and hunger on a daily basis. Josie's brothers and sisters are terrified of their violent alcoholic father, but Josie is not like the rest, for she has something that will enable her to rise out of the slums: a beautiful singing voice, with which even as a child she earns enough pennies to keep her father happy. When she discovers that her father is trying to put her younger sister, Gertie, on the game, Josie and Gertie ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747267089
SKU
KSG0021172
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Rita Bradshaw
Rita Bradshaw was born in Northamptonshire, where she still lives today with her husband, their children and two dogs. She has written many successful novels under a pseudonym and several delightful sagas under her own name.
Reviews for The Urchin´s Song: Has she found the key to happiness?
Praise for Rita Bradshaw: 'Catherine Cookson fans will enjoy discovering a new author who writes in a similar vein
Home and Family
If you like gritty, rags-to-riches Northern sagas, you'll enjoy this
Family Circle
What an emotional rollercoaster ride of a book! It grabs your attention from page one and does not let go until the ... Read more
Home and Family
If you like gritty, rags-to-riches Northern sagas, you'll enjoy this
Family Circle
What an emotional rollercoaster ride of a book! It grabs your attention from page one and does not let go until the ... Read more