Colour Of Milk,The
Publisher: Fig Tree
Published: Jul 31, 2012
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781905490943
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.