The Workhouse Girl
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780099562597 (0099562596)
Publish date: July 15th 2013
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Sarah, the workhouse girl of the title, is followed from age 6 to about age 20 in this young adult novel. Poor Sarah rockets from one dismal situation after another, extricating herself (or being extricated) only to fall into another awful mess. Along the way we meet several villains and a few heroe...
I read about 40% of this book before giving up. It has many reviews from people who clearly adored it, but it was not for me. It has an implausible storyline with unlikely circumstances and unbelievable characters.Only the first chapter of this book takes place in a workhouse, where nothing was desc...