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  • The Girl in the Ragged Shawl

  • The Children of the Workhouse, Book 1
  • By: Cathy Sharp
  • Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
  • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Girl in the Ragged Shawl

By: Cathy Sharp
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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Heartbreaking and uplifting, the story of the workhouse orphan, Eliza, will touch your heart....

Eliza was left as a small baby at the workhouse in Whitechapel, wrapped in her mother’s shawl, which is all she has of the mother she never knew. At 11 years old, she has survived sickness, near starvation and harsh beatings.

Master Simpkins and his cruel daughter rule the workhouse with a rod of iron, but when Romany boy Joe arrives at the workhouse, his spirit and courage give Eliza hope that another life is waiting for her outside.

When she is sold into service, Eliza is relieved to be out of the workhouse and hopes her fortunes are changing for the better, but cruelty and unkindness are everywhere, and her salvation could become her ruin....
©2018 Cathy Sharp (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Historical
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What a wonderful story

I absolutely loved this story. Antonia Beamish read in beautifully.
I only wish there was a follow up story to discover what happened to Catherine Ross’s sister

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