TY  - BOOK
AU  - Young, Glenda,
TI  - Pearl of Pit Lane
SN  - 1472256654
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2019///.
CY  - London : 
PB  - Headline, 
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Prostitution
KW  - Runaway women
KW  - Determination (Personality trait)
KW  - England
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - fast
N2  - "When her mother dies in childbirth, Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt, Annie Grafton. Annie loves Pearl like her own daughter but it isn't easy to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. Annie knows the best way to supplement their meagre income is to walk the pit lanes at night, looking for men willing to pay for her company. As Pearl grows older she is unable to remain ignorant of Annie's profession, despite her aunt's attempts to shield her. But when Pearl finds herself unexpectedly without work and their landlord raises the rent, it becomes clear they have few choices left and Annie is forced to ask Pearl the unthinkable. Rather than submit to life on the pit lanes, Pearl runs away. She has nothing and nowhere to go, but Pearl is determined to survive on her own terms..."--Publisher description
ER  -