Arrow Dilly Court Collection 10 Books Set - Loving Family, Place called Home, Cinderella Sister, Mermaids Singing, Beggar Maid, Best of Daughters, Lady's Ma

Dilly Court Collection 10 Books Set - Loving Family, Place called Home, Cinderella Sister, Mermaids Singing, Beggar Maid, Best of Daughters, Lady's Maid, Orphan's Dream, Ragged Heiress, Workhouse Girl Titles in this Set: A Loving Family A Place called Home Cinderella Sister Mermaids Singing The Beggar Maid The Best of Daughters The Lady's Maid The Orphan's Dream The Ragged Heiress The Workhouse Girl A Loving Family At just eleven years old, Stella Barry is torn from her poverty-stricken mother and thrust into service. One Sunday, she returns home for a longed-for visit to find her family have been evicted from their lodgings. And have vanished without a trace. A Place called Home Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist. Cinderella Sister Lily Larkin is the youngest and least important member of her family. When tragedy strikes, she is left at home to look after the house whilst her older siblings go out to work. As she goes about her daily chores, her head is full of dreams, and she longs for the day she might have a life of her own. Mermaids Singing Born into poverty and living under the roof of her violent and abusive brother-in-law, young Kitty Cox dreams of working in a women's dress shop in the West End - a million miles away from the reality of her life as a mud-lark, scavenging on the banks of the Thames. The Beggar Maid At eight years old, Charity Crosse is thrust into hardship, living on the streets with her ailing grandfather. When he tragically dies, Charity, now aged sixteen, finds salvation working at a local bookshop. Despite the harsh owner and meagre pay, Charity dreams of a better future surrounded by the books she’s always longed to read. But when tragedy strikes, she faces homelessness again. The Best of Daughters Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy's first duty is to her family. The Lady's Maid In the quiet of a warm summer's evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies. As the years have passed, Kate has grown up knowing only poverty and servitude, whilst Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury. Despite the differences in their circumstances, Kate and Josie have been friends since childhood. But their past binds them together in ways they must never know. The Orphan's Dream Motherless since she was five, Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly, Mirabel finds herself cast out on the street by her ruthless stepmother. She is taken to a place of refuge by charismatic sea captain, Jack Starke. But the safe haven turns out to be a house of ill-repute. Here she becomes a...

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