The Workhouse Girl
Author | : Dilly Court |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2013-06-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781446456217 |
ISBN-13 | : 1446456218 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Workhouse Girl written by Dilly Court and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. But her wealthy benefactor reports Trigg and his wife. And blaming Sarah for their misfortune, in a fit of revenge, the couple decide to take the law into their own hands.