**Can this orphan ever fulfil her nursing dreams...?** After her mother's death, Dora is sent to live with her father and his other family. But the fact that Dora is mixed race and illegitimate see her treated as little more than a servant by her step-mother and half siblings. This doesn't stop th
Workhouse Child
โ Scribed by Hope, Maggie
- Book ID
- 110017892
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781448177899
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โฆ Synopsis
A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter
All she wants is a family of her own...
Lottie is just three years old when her Mammy dies and she is sent to the workhouse. A childhood spent in poverty, skivvying for other people, leaves her with no prospects, no family...
Yet Lottie is bright and has ambitions for a better life. And when an opportunity arises at the local Chapel, Lottie seizes her chance. But will she ever be anything more than a workhouse child?
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