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| 008 | 201009s2021 enk 000 1 eng d | ||
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_aMurray, Annie, _eauthor. _915803 _d1960- |
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_aBlack Country orphan / _cAnnie Murray. |
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_aLondon : _bMacmillan, _c2021. |
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_a383 pages ; _c24 cm |
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| 520 | _a"Black Country Orphan is a moving story of the courage and strength of women, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Annie Murray. The early 1900s: Cradley Heath, a town in the Black Country near Birmingham and centre of the world's chain-making trade. Lucy Butler, a young girl crippled by a cruel accident, lives with her two brothers and widowed mother, a chain-maker barely making ends meet. When tragedy strikes, the Butler family is separated and Lucy is taken in by Bertha Hipkiss, another impoverished chain maker, struggling to look after her own family. Lucy, while feeling the loss of her own family, relies on the company of Bertha's two sons, charming Clem and straight-laced John. Though clever at school, Lucy knows she must leave and earn her keep, working many hours in the backyard forge. The five women toiling side by side, inevitably have their own friendships and squabbles. But they're united in their hatred of loathsome middleman Seth Dawson, who treats the women with contempt, and keeps their pay punishingly low. But by the 1910s, there is a movement stirring, as across the country workers begin unionising for their rights. For Lucy, Bertha and the women of Cradley Heath, the promise of a better life seems almost too much to hope for - and the fight may end up costing them everything . . ."--Publisher. | ||
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_aWomen _zEngland _vFiction. _94761 |
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_aLife change events _vFiction. _92839 |
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_aPoverty _vFiction. _97831 |
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_aFamilies _vFiction. _9128 |
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_aFemale friendship _vFiction. _9177 |
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_aBirmingham (England) _xSocial life and customs _y20th century _vFiction. _915802 |
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_aDomestic fiction _9147 |
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