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The Liverpool matchgirl, Lyn Andrews

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The Liverpool matchgirl, Lyn Andrews

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Liverpool matchgirl

Responsibility statement

Lyn Andrews

Summary

Liverpool, 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill with pneumonia and Arthur is imprisoned after a drunken fight, their 13-year-old daughter Lizzie finds herself parentless. Despite her young age, Lizzie has spirit and determination, and she knows that she must find work to keep herself off the streets. In a stroke of luck, she gets a job in the match factory, and foreman George Rutherford takes her under his wing. A new home with the Rutherfords promises a safe haven, but the years ahead will be far from trouble-free. And when Lizzie gives her heart, how can she be sure she has chosen a better man than her own father?

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