Rich Girl Poor Girl By Val Wood Penguin Books New Zealand A wonderful historical saga by much loved storyteller val wood, released now in a brand new package if you like katie flynn and dilly court, you'll love this story of two girls' friendship through adversity. Here they discover a life that neither of them has known before; though after finding momentary joy they soon learn once again that tragedy is never far away… if you've liked books by katie flynn and dilly court, you'll love val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.
Rich Girl Poor Girl вђ Vintage Bookseller When she is not writing, val is busy promoting libraries and supporting many charities. in 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university of hull for service and dedication to literature. find out more about val wood's novels by visiting her website: valwood.co.uk. read more. A wonderful historical saga by much loved storyteller val wood, released now in a brand new package if you like katie flynn and dilly court, you'll love this story of two girls' friendship through adversity. Val wood. valeriewood.co.uk. since winning the catherine cookson prize for fiction for her first novel, the hungry tide, val wood has become one of the most popular authors in the uk. born in the mining town of castleford, val came to east yorkshire as a child and has lived in hull and rural holderness where many of her novels are set. Val wood. it's christmas, 1860. polly, living in grinding poverty, loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the streets of hull. rosalie, brought up in affluence and comfort on the other side of town, loses her own mother in similar circumstances and on the same day. polly takes a job as scullery maid in rosalie's lonely house.
Val Wood Penguin Books New Zealand Val wood. valeriewood.co.uk. since winning the catherine cookson prize for fiction for her first novel, the hungry tide, val wood has become one of the most popular authors in the uk. born in the mining town of castleford, val came to east yorkshire as a child and has lived in hull and rural holderness where many of her novels are set. Val wood. it's christmas, 1860. polly, living in grinding poverty, loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the streets of hull. rosalie, brought up in affluence and comfort on the other side of town, loses her own mother in similar circumstances and on the same day. polly takes a job as scullery maid in rosalie's lonely house. Item size. 891748432. 431 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. united in tragedy. christmas 1860 a waif from the slums and a poor little rich girl. polly, living in grinding poverty, loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the streets of hull. rosalie, brought up in affluence and comfort on the other side of town, loses her own. Rich girl, poor girl. written by val wood. this saga is set in 1860 and follows the lives of two young women who both experience the same tragedy on the same day – the death of their mothers. however, their circumstances could not be more different. polly exists in poverty, and it takes two wages to pay their rent, hers and her mothers.
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