Workhouse child
By: Maggie Hope
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780091956257; 9781448177899
Subjects: Workhouses; Poverty; Orphans; Fiction
Description: All she wants is a family of her own ... Lottie is just three years old when her Mammy dies and she is sent to the workhouse. A childhood spent in poverty, skivvying for other people, leaves her with no prospects, no family ... Yet Lottie is bright and has ambitions for a better life. And when an opportunity arises at the local Chapel, Lottie seizes her chance. But will she ever be anything more than a workhouse child?