TY  - SOUND
AU  - Cookson,Catherine
TI  - The girl
SN  - 9781399130998 (CDs) :
AV  - PR6053.O525 G5 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Long Preston
PB  - Magna Story Sound
KW  - Working class
KW  - England
KW  - Northumberland
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Northumberland (England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - Audiobooks
KW  - General Fiction
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Modern & contemporary fiction
KW  - thema
KW  - Generational sagas
N2  - She came from the hills in the early dawn, appearing in Ned Ridley's stable yard like some wraith of the morning mist to seek the startled young horse dealer's help. Her name was Hannah Boyle and she was eight years old; Her name was Hannah Boyle, but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew Thornton's bastard. Savagely treated by Matthew's wife, Anne, she fled for protection to the devil-may-care horse-dealer, Ned Ridley, who had earlier befriended her. But, as the waif grew to beautiful womanhood, she became an object of desire to the local young men, and even to her half-brother. Against her wishes, she was married off, but Hannah kept on fighting for the man she wanted: Ned Ridley, who adored her and taught her the meaning of true love and passion
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