The Matchgirl: Will this factory girl have her happy ending?
Jul 2018 · Hachette UK
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Discover Lynette Rees' emotional sagas, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Catherine Cookson
Sixteen-year-old Lottie Perkins has an important decision to make . . .
Conditions at the match factory she works at are dire. The girls get treated badly by the management and there is a severe risk to their health. But then a young journalist, Annie Besant, begins asking questions. Will Lottie and the other girls welcome her help, even when it could cost them their jobs - and their livelihoods . . .?
A powerfully moving and inspiring story, based on the real life strikes at a factory in the East End, from ebook bestselling author Lynette Rees.
Love Lynette Rees? Discover her other heartwarming sagas The Workhouse Waif, A Daughter's Promise and The Cobbler's Wife, all out now!
Sixteen-year-old Lottie Perkins has an important decision to make . . .
Conditions at the match factory she works at are dire. The girls get treated badly by the management and there is a severe risk to their health. But then a young journalist, Annie Besant, begins asking questions. Will Lottie and the other girls welcome her help, even when it could cost them their jobs - and their livelihoods . . .?
A powerfully moving and inspiring story, based on the real life strikes at a factory in the East End, from ebook bestselling author Lynette Rees.
Love Lynette Rees? Discover her other heartwarming sagas The Workhouse Waif, A Daughter's Promise and The Cobbler's Wife, all out now!
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4.4
14 reviews
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January 17, 2019
Life never turns out that perfect for all the people concerned, a bit sick of Lottie being so perfect
Donna Mckittrick
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January 12, 2019
Great read, also based on facts of how life was in the 1800s
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Yvonne England
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August 24, 2018
Great social history novel. Thoroughly enjoyable read.
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About the author
RONE award nominated author, Lynette Rees, is a former writing therapist, tutor and mentor. She has written in many genres and has seen a huge success with her self-published books. Workhouse Waif hit the Amazon Kindle bestseller list and was no 1 in 'Victorian Historical Romance'. It is the first in a series of orphan sagas, published by Quercus Books in the UK.
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