The Mallen girl
Cookson, Catherine2018
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Even as a child Barbara was beautiful, but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it. She was becoming deaf. Yet living in an almost silent world protected her from what could be a worse affliction - to know the truth of her origins. Even as a child Barbara was beautiful, but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it. She was becoming deaf. Yet living in an almost silent world protected her from what could be a worse affliction - to know the truth of her own origins. Barbara had another protector in Anna Brigmore who knew that truth, and was haunted by the thought it must one day be revealed to this girl she cherished like her own child. And among the surrounding hills and valleys of Northumberland, it was a long-relished scandal...
Main title:
The Mallen girl / Catherine Cookson.
Author:
Cookson, Catherine, author
Work:
Imprint:
Long Preston : Magna, 2018.
Collation:
354 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Heinemann, 1974.
ISBN:
9780750546973 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6053.O525
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
324413