Image from Amazon.com
The Foundling School for Girls / Elizabeth Gill ; read by Anne Dover.
By: Gill, Elizabeth.
Contributor(s): Dover, Anne.
Series: Gill, Elizabeth, Foundling School For Girls: 1.Publisher: Long Preston : Magna, 2020Description: 9 sound discs (CD) (approximately 10 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781788893367; 1788893360.Subject(s): Teenage girls -- Fiction | Orphanages -- Fiction | Durham (England : County) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Read by Anne Dover.Summary: After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve, her father comes home drunk and commits an unthinkable act. Without money or friends, she has nowhere to go - but when he hurts her a second time, she knows what she must do. She is rescued by Jay, a businessman, who takes her to the convent where she meets Sister Madeline. Along with the rest of the nuns, Maddy provides food, shelter and education for orphans. Ruth comes to see her new friends as family, and things are finally looking up. But then a pit accident changes everything, and they all stand to lose something - or someone - they love...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobooks | Chester Lane Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013142542 |
Total reservations: 0
Complete and unabridged.
Story Sound CD.
Read by Anne Dover.
After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve, her father comes home drunk and commits an unthinkable act. Without money or friends, she has nowhere to go - but when he hurts her a second time, she knows what she must do. She is rescued by Jay, a businessman, who takes her to the convent where she meets Sister Madeline. Along with the rest of the nuns, Maddy provides food, shelter and education for orphans. Ruth comes to see her new friends as family, and things are finally looking up. But then a pit accident changes everything, and they all stand to lose something - or someone - they love...
Adult.