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The Workhouse Girl
Dilly Court
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Description for The Workhouse Girl
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 350.
Sarah Scarse may be young but life in the notorious St Giles and St George’s workhouse has forced her to grow up fast.
And after her mother’s untimely death, Sarah’s fighting spirit becomes her only defence against the workhouse master, Trigg, and his cruel wife.
Sarah’s fate appears to change, however, when a sugar mill owner takes her into his home.
But just as Sarah starts working towards a brighter future, dangerous figures from the past threaten to catch up with her.
Can she draw on her determined resolve to finally confront her problems and free ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099562627
SKU
9780099562627
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Dilly Court
Dilly Court grew up in North-east London and began her career in television, writing scripts for commercials. She is married with two grown-up children and four grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband. She is the bestselling author of more than thirty novels.
Reviews for The Workhouse Girl
An excellent, well-researched read.
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