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Format : Paperback
ISBN : 9789124192488
Tilly True:
Dismissed from her position as housemaid under a cloud of misunderstanding, Tilly True is forced to return home.
A Mother's Courage:
When Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage.
A Loving Family:
Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth.
Mermaids Singing:
Born into poverty and living under the roof of her violent and abusive brother-in-law, young Kitty Cox dreams of working in a women's dress shop in the West End.
The Cockney Sparrow:
Gifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack.
The Best of Sisters:
Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames.
The Dollmaker's Daughters:
For Ruby and Rosetta Capretti life in the slums of the East End holds little promise.
The Lady's Maid:
In the quiet of a warm summer's evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies.
The Orphan's Dream:
Motherless since she was five, Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly, Mirabel finds herself cast out on the street by her ruthless stepmother.
The Beggar Maid:
From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets.
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