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Salem Street

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  • "In a 19th Century English mill town, Annie leaves home, banished by her stepmother, hoping never to return. But a rape leaves her pregnant and she is forced to return. In need of money and security, Annie agrees to marry Charlie Ashworth, an old, slow-witted junk dealer, but a man who can provide her with a home, thus saving her from slave labor in a mill. A reminder of the harsh conditions under which people lived."
  • "First volume in the heartwarming Gibson series set in a Lancashire mill town in the 1820s."
  • "In 1820 Salem Street is sparkling and new: eight small terraced houses built by a Lancashire mill owner for his best workers. Annie Gibson's family is one of the first to move in - a step up in the world for them. But when her mother dies, Annie's happy childhood ends and she is left to bring up her brother and sister. Red-haired, intelligent and startlingly pretty, Annie soon finds herself banished from home by a jealous stepmother. She finds work in the local doctor's household where she learns about the fascinating world outside Salem Street. And when her adored childhood friend Matt asks her to marry him, Annie thikns her dreams are coming true. But suddenly everything turns upside-down. Abandoned and pregant, Annie returns to Salem Street, where an unexpected offer gives her independence. One day, she vows, she will move into the wider world again. One day..."

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  • "History"@en
  • "Family saga fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en

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  • "Salem Street"
  • "Salem Street"@en
  • "Salem street"

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