Author

Publication

2012-07-31 - Fig Tree

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101905490941
  • ISBN-139781905490943
  • OCLC Control Number768072841
  • Better World Books9781905490943
  • Open LibraryOL27606191M

Classifications

  • LCCPR6112.E96
  • LCCPR6112.E97 C65 2012
  • LCCPR6112.E96 C65 2012

Description

The year is eighteen hundred and thirty one when fifteen-year-old Mary begins the difficult task of telling her story. A scrap of a thing with a sharp tongue and hair the colour of milk, Mary leads a harsh life working on her father's farm alongside her three sisters. In the summer she is sent to work for the local vicar's invalid wife, where the reasons why she must record the truth of what happens to her - and the need to record it so urgently - are gradually revealed. "Haunting, distinctive voices ... Mary's spare simple words paint brilliant pictures in the reader's mind ... Nell Leyshon's imaginative powers are considerable.

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