The Street Orphans
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The Earl, Lady Katrina and Ruth face a pivotal moment in their lives - one that will not only affect them, but generations to come…
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The Street Orphans

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    464 pages

  • Release Date

    28 May 2018

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Summary

The Street Orphans is an emotional story set in 1850s Lancashire, from Mary Wood, the author of In Their Mother’s Footsteps and Brighter Days Ahead.Born with a club foot in a remote village in the Pennines, Ruth is feared and ridiculed by her superstitious neighbours who see her affliction as a sign of witchcraft. When her father is killed in an accident and her family evicted from their cottage, she hopes to leave her old life behind, to start afresh in the Blackburn cotton mills. But traged…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781447267515
ISBN-10:1447267516
Series:The Generation War
Author:Mary Wood
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Pan Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:28 May 2018
Weight:322g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 28mm
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Wood is a born storyteller

Wood is a born storyteller * Lancashire Evening Post *

About The Author

Mary Wood

Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood’s family were poor but rich in love. Mary raised four children and has numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989, and is now a full-time novelist. Her novels include The Breckton Novels, In Their Mother’s Footsteps and Brighter Days Ahead.

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