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Rich Girl, Poor Girl
- Author
- Val Wood
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 11 November 2010
- Run Time
- 13 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Rich Girl, Poor Girl written by Val Wood, read by Anne Dover.
Christmas 1860:
Polly, living in grinding poverty,loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the streets of Hull.
Rosalie, brought up in affluence and comfort on the other side of town, loses her own mother in similar circumstances and on the same day.
Polly takes a job as scullery maid in Rosalie's lonely house, and the two girls form an unlikely friendship. Travelling to the North Yorkshire Moors they discover a new kind of life and find unexpected joy and fulfilment.
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Details
- Author
- Val Wood
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Duration
- 13 hours
- Release Date
- 11 November 2010
- ISBN
- 9781407094731
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Rich Girl, Poor Girl written by Val Wood, read by Anne Dover.Christmas 1860: Polly, living in grinding poverty,loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the streets of Hull.Rosalie, brought up in affluence and comfort on the other side of town, loses her own mother in similar circumstances and on the same day.Polly takes a job as scullery maid in Rosalie's lonely house, and the two girls form an unlikely friendship. Travelling to the North Yorkshire Moors they discover a new kind of life and find unexpected joy and fulfilment.
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