An orphan's journey
(Adult Audiobook)

Duration: 12:09:25.

11 audio CDs.

Read by Charlie Sanderson.

1874. Growing up in extreme poverty in London, Pearl Parker thinks life can get no worse. But when her mother discovers there's yet another baby on the way, she knows hard choices will have to be made. Pearl's parents decide to send her and her younger sister, Eliza, to the workhouse, where they are forced into a new life of hardship and struggle. Pearl's hopes are raised when the workhouse offers the sisters a new life in Canada, and soon they board an orphan ship transporting unwanted children across the seas. Pearl hopes their luck has finally changed when she and Eliza are both hired by the kindly Mrs Forbes to work in her grand house. But when Pearl meets their mistress's bullying son, Monty, it's clear he will stop at nothing to make her life a misery. Will Pearl ever find the home she so craves?

Adult.