000			02013cam a2200289Ii 4500
001			ocn961893494
003			OCoLC
005			20190304155927.0
008			161011s2016 enk 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781472117588 _q(hbk.)
020			_a1472117581 _q(hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)961893494
040			_aTOH _beng _cTOH _dATCDL _dOCLCO
082	0	4	_a823.92 _223
100			_92736 _aGoodwin, Rosie. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe maid's courage / _cRosie Goodwin.
260			_aLondon, England _bCorsair _c2016
300			_a471 pages ; _c25 cm.
520			_aGinny is devastated by the death of her mother, her two little brothers and her sister - but her father is destroyed by the loss. After a series of drunken mistakes, her father is imprisoned for murder, and Ginny and her little brother Charlie lose the only home they've ever known. Worse is to come. Charlie is only eight years old and has a weak chest. Ginny is determined to keep him with her, but he is taken to the workhouse before she has a chance to save him. Lonely and desperate, Ginny wanders the streets of Nuneaton. She finds honest work at the pie shop - until she is forced to fight off the unwanted advances of the baker and she's out on the streets. It's only then that she remembers her father's final words - the housekeeper of Lamp Hill Hall will help her. Soon Ginny is employed as a laundry maid, the very lowest rung of the ladder. Her beauty and grace mean that she catches the eye of the house's mistress, who raises Ginny up to play lady's maid to the difficult and demanding Miss Diana. All Ginny wants is to find her brother - and it will take all her strength of heart and courage to bring her family together again.
650		0	_aBrothers and sisters _vFiction. _92808
650		0	_aWorkhouses _vFiction. _924244
655		7	_aHistorical fiction _2gsafd
650		0	_9452 _aOrphans _vFiction.
650		0	_914236 _aHousehold employees _vFiction.
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 8 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c38036 _d38036