The Pearl Button Girl
The gritty and heartwarming historical fiction from the Sunday Times bestselling saga author
$49.05
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
Annie Murray’s The Pearl Button Girl is book one in the Children of Birmingham series, starting in Victorian Birmingham and following the trials and triumphs of the Fletcher family.
Working at the local pearl button factory, Ada Fletcher is doing her best to make ends meet in trying times. When tragedy strikes and her siblings are taken to a workhouse orphanage, Ada is saved from a similar fate by her neighbour, Sarah Connell.
But the roof over Ada’s head doesn’t come…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035019977 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035019973 |
| Author: | Annie Murray |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 604g |
| Dimensions: | 243mm x 163mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Children of Birmingham |
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Critics Review
Murray achieves authenticity with a detailed historical knowledge, especially of the button factories and the squalid lives of those forced to work in them, for a pittance of a wage * North East Post *
Heart-warming and affecting tale * Woman’s Weekly on Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls *
This heartfelt story is perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn * Candis *
The popular saga writer returns to her roots with the first in the Children of Birmingham series … It’s gritty and moving story-telling * Peterborough Telegraph *
An involving read that perfectly evokes the hardship of life at the time in the Second City * Choice *
About The Author
Annie Murray
Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John’s College, Oxford. Her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including War Babies and Girls in Tin Hats and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls, Sisters of Gold and Black Country Orphan. Annie has four children, all Birmingham born and she lives near Oxford.
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