Wildflowers: The First Story in the Orphan Train Trilogy - Couverture souple

Noonan, Robert

 
9780595426836: Wildflowers: The First Story in the Orphan Train Trilogy
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ISBN 10 : 0595426832 ISBN 13 : 9780595426836
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

Wildflowers, is a riveting tale that deftly portrays everyday life in a small American mill town and the abuse of child laborers at the end of the nineteenth century. Eleven-year-old Hillary Cook and her widowed mother, Laura, must both work to survive. Hillary works twelve hours a day, six days a week at the Alton Textile Mill. On Sunday afternoons, she and her two friends pick flowers, dream and play pretend in the nearby countryside. The girls pledge to be friends for eternity and call themselves "wildflowers." In this difficult world, innocent children are forced to operate dangerous machinery at the mill and even darker abuses are committed against them. Mill owner Frank Dragus has young girls sent to his office for whatever he pleases-and he is interested in Hillary. When tragedy befalls Hillary and her mother, Hillary is forced into a situation that may have disastrous consequences From busy factory floors and bustling portside pubs to tragedy, murder, and intrigue, Wildflowers integrates the nostalgia of historical fiction with the wit of modern-day drama.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Wildflowers, is a riveting tale that deftly portrays everyday life in a small American mill town and the abuse of child laborers at the end of the nineteenth century. Eleven-year-old Hillary Cook and her widowed mother, Laura, must both work to survive. Hillary works twelve hours a day, six days a week at the Alton Textile Mill. On Sunday afternoons, she and her two friends pick flowers, dream and play pretend in the nearby countryside. The girls pledge to be friends for eternity and call themselves "wildflowers." In this difficult world, innocent children are forced to operate dangerous machinery at the mill and even darker abuses are committed against them. Mill owner Frank Dragus has young girls sent to his office for whatever he pleases-and he is interested in Hillary. When tragedy befalls Hillary and her mother, Hillary is forced into a situation that may have disastrous consequences From busy factory floors and bustling portside pubs to tragedy, murder, and intrigue, Wildflowers integrates the nostalgia of historical fiction with the wit of modern-day drama.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Noonan moved from Chicago to his country home in Hatfield, Wisconsin, to complete his trilogy: Wildflowers, Bridie's Daughter, and Secrets.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595426832
ISBN 13 
9780595426836
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780595685523: Wildflowers: The First Story in the Orphan Train Trilogy

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0595685528 ISBN 13 :  9780595685523
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007
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