A heartbreaking historical novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Stolen
Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire. Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers and sister, Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys' boarding school. Her loneliness and misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former, Hugh Mainwaring, but when she discovers she is pregnant with Hugh's baby she soon realises just how alone she really is.
Determined to be reunited with her siblings and to make something of herself, Charity runs away to London and begins to forge a new life.
By:
Lesley Pearse Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 35mm
Weight: 495g ISBN:9780099557470 ISBN 10: 0099557479 Pages: 688 Publication Date:03 March 2011 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Lesley Pearse was born in Rochester, Kent, but has lived in the West County for the last thirty two years. She has three daughters and a grandson. She is the author of seventeen novels and now writes full-time.