ISBN: 9780552112055 - the slow awakening (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 316 pages. In the middle of the last century the prospects for an orphan or an unwanted chi ld could be grim indeed. Such a child was Kirsten MacGregor, for her parents had died suddenly of a fever while traveling in Northumberland, and there were no r elatives or friends to claim her.She fell, therefore, into the hands of Ma Bradl ey, a baby farmer, who in time used her to tend the younger boys and girls who w ere the mainstay of a profitable and sinister trade. In this service she grew to womanhood, her good looks marred by a cast in one eye. Though this was so sligh t as to be noticeably only in times of tension or fear, it was to force upon Kir sten a still meaner for the superstitious fishermen of the area regarded it as a cause of bad luck, and in time their prejudices reached so high a pitch that sh e had to be got rid of. She was made over to Hop Fuller, a traveling tinker and a hard, even vicious master.But then a great storm and flood changed everything.…

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…