The whispering road
By: Livi Michael.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Orphans -- Fiction; Brothers and sisters -- Fiction; Poverty -- Fiction; Child labor -- Fiction; City and town life -- Fiction; Supernatural -- Fiction; Manchester (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In Victorian England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer who supports the rights of the poor.