Pit Bank Wench (Ulverscroft Romance) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Meg Hutchinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2001 | Series: Ulverscroft Romance

Emma Price seems doomed to the workhouse after being cruelly raped by a colliery owner. But the kindly folk of Wednesbury take her in and her life is changed forever

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'There's a tear in every chapter' -- Steve Craggs, Northern Echo 'A super tale that lingers long in the memory' -- Bolton Evening News 'Many bitter tears are shed' -- Books Magazine 'A compelling historical saga of triumph over injustice. [...] Just right for lovers of Catherine Cookson.' -- Reading Chronicle and Bracknell News 'Meg fits into a tradition before television when families sat around a fire and told stories. Not epic stories but the tales of their families and friends, an oral history of a place and its people. Her place and people are Wednesbury in the West Midlands.' -- Guernsey Evening Post This old-fashioned drama has some wonderful villains and villainesses and at the end the most unlikely hero' -- Beverley Guardian (Driffield Post) 'This tale of jealousy and the power of good over evil races to the final paragraph' -- Coventry Evening Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Meg Hutchinson left school at fifteen and didn't return to education until she was thirty-three, when she entered Teacher Training College and studied for her degree in the evenings. Ever since she was a child, she has loved telling stories and writing 'compositions'. She lived for sixty years in Wednesbury, where her parents and grandparents spent all their lives, but now has a quiet little cottage in Shropshire where she can indulge her passion for storytelling. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 469 pages
• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075051714X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750517140
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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