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Titles in the Set:

The Miner's Lass
The Toffee Factory Girls
The Sixpenny Orphan
Belle of the Back Streets
Pearl of Pit Lane
The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon
The Tuppenny Child
The Paper Mill Girl

The Miner's Lass;
A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that seventeen-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even with her father and younger brother working at the coal mine, money is tight.

The Toffee Factory Girls:
In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham.Anne works for the enigmatic owner Mr Jack. She is highly efficient and whips Mr Jack's disorganised office - and Mr Jack himself - into shape.

The Sixpenny Orphan:
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, unwanted, and always hungry, with only one pair of boots between them.

Belle of the Back Streets:
Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the back streets of Ryhope. She learnt the ropes from her dad when he returned from the War.

Pearl of Pit Lane:
When her mother dies in childbirth, Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt, Annie Grafton.

The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon:
When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket, Ada Davidson, housekeeper of the wealthy McNally family's home, the Uplands, takes her into her care.

The Tuppenny Child;
Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe. She is the talk of Ryhope when she arrives there, aged seventeen, alone, seeking work and a home in the pit village.

The Paper Mill Girl:
Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works, with her younger sister Bea, and spends her free time caring for their ailing parents.

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Glenda Young 8 Books Collection Set The Toffee Factory Girls, The Sixpenny Orphan

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