Christmas Eve in the Workhouse
โ Scribed by Collier, Catrin
- Book ID
- 110371434
- Publisher
- Accent Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781783754878
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The shadow of the workhouse looms large over everyone in Pontypridd in the 1930's. A terrifying reminder of the fate of the sick and unemployed unable "pay their way" but Christmas is Christmas and while the workhouse staff, Drs Andrew John, Trevor Lewis and Nurses Bethan Powell, Laura Ronconi among them, try to bring cheer to the poor and dispossessed, a newly orphaned child waits for a Christmas miracle.
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