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The Girl
bookshelves: film-only, published-1977, victoriana, northumberland, tbr-busting-2014, spring-2014, ipad, historical-fiction
Recommended for: Laura, Dagny, Karen
Read from February 09 to March 17, 2014
Description: Her name was Hannah Boyle, but to the people of the village she would always be “The Girl” – Matthew Thornton’s bastard.
Savagely treated by Matthew’s wife, Anne, she fled for protection to the devil-may-care horse-dealer, Ned Ridley, who had earlier befriended her. But, as the waif grew to beautiful womanhood, she became an object of desire to the local young men, and even to her half-brother.
Against her wishes, she was married off to a gross, sensual man, but Hannah kept on fighting for the man she wanted: Ned Ridley, who adored her and taught her the meaning of true love and passion...
Opening scene is Northumberland 1850.5* Tilly Trotter
TR The Dwelling Place
3.5* The Glass Virgin
3* The Mallen Streak
3* The Fifteen Streets
3' The Girl
5* The Rag Nymph
3* Katie Mulholland
3* The Cinder Path
2* The Mallen Girl
3* The Mallen Litter
4* Feathers in the Fire
3* Colour Blind
3* The Silent Lady
3* The Branded Man
3* Pure as the Lily
4* The Maltese Angel
TR The Fen Tiger
4* The Wingless Bird
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