The sixpenny orphan / Glenda Young.
By: Young, Glenda [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2023Edition: Large print edition.Description: 348 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750550284.Subject(s): Sisters -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Life change events -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: After the death of their parents, sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whilst they have a roof over their heads, the young orphans are unloved and unwanted. Keen to make money, Nellie hatches a plan to sell the girls to the mysterious Mr Scurrfield. But when the day comes for them to leave, Scurrfield reveals he will take only one of the sisters - and he will decide who it will be on the turn of a sixpence.Ten years later, Poppy is married with three children. Not a day goes by when she doesn't think about Rose; but after many years of searching, she has accepted that her sister is lost to her. That is, until a letter suddenly arrives. Determined to be reunited with her beloved sister, Poppy sets out to bring Rose home...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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After the death of their parents, sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whilst they have a roof over their heads, the young orphans are unloved and unwanted. Keen to make money, Nellie hatches a plan to sell the girls to the mysterious Mr Scurrfield. But when the day comes for them to leave, Scurrfield reveals he will take only one of the sisters - and he will decide who it will be on the turn of a sixpence.Ten years later, Poppy is married with three children. Not a day goes by when she doesn't think about Rose; but after many years of searching, she has accepted that her sister is lost to her. That is, until a letter suddenly arrives. Determined to be reunited with her beloved sister, Poppy sets out to bring Rose home...
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