A Workhouse Christmas, Kay Brellend
A Workhouse Christmas, Kay Brellend
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A Workhouse Christmas
a perfect, heartwarming Christmas saga

Author: Kay Brellend

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2020

Synopsis

Discover the Workhouse to War trilogy by Kay Brellend: a new saga series set in the Whitechapel Union workhouse in East London, between 1904 and 1916. . .

Christmas Eve, 1909. Eleven-year-old Lily Larkin is left to fend for herself in an East London workhouse after her dying mother is taken to an infirmary: her future looks bleak. Once she is separated from her twin brother, Davy, her childhood hopes seem to shatter. But Lily's fierce spirit - along with her beloved new friends - help her to endure the miserable drudgery of life at South Grove Workhouse and its cruel supervisor, Miss Fox.

When a handsome, smartly-dressed gentleman shows up at the workhouse, claiming to be her cousin and with an offer of employment, Lily seizes her chance to escape. But her new job is far from perfect, and her reunion with her brother isn't what she thought it would be. Still, she relishes her freedom from the workhouse, and, finding herself on the cusp of womanhood, is determined to embrace her new life - until a shocking secret from her past is uncovered. As everything she'd ever believed about herself is thrown into confusion, will Lily ever be able to rise above her past?

Praise for Kay Brellend

'Vividly rendered' Historical Novel Society

'A fantastic cast of characters' Goodreads

'Thoroughly absorbing' Goodreads

About Kay Brellend

Kay Brellend was born in north London and her first saga, based in the early twentieth century slums of Islington, was published in 2011. The opening novel in the Bittersweet Legacy trilogy came out in 2017. Published by Piatkus, this series was set in a London sweet factory and on the Somme battlefields.Kay's Workhouse to War trilogy was also set during the Great War, beginning in the Whitechapel Union Workhouse and moving to the bustling markets of East London, between 1914 and 1918. Now she's beginning a new trilogy with A Daughter's Heartbreak, inspired by true wartime events in the Silvertown area of East London. Kay writes with all the heart, grit and personal connection that distinguishes her as one of the most exciting voices in the saga genre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV

Beautiful loved this book. A new series from this author. East London 1909 South grove workhouse, Maude Larkin widowed and her twins Lily and Davy are begging to be took in. maude homeless and no job is at the end of her tether, it's been so tough she had no choice once inside they were separated, the......more

Goodreads review by M

This story about orphans is full of drama and heartache. The heroine is feisty and the other characters are great even the villains. I wanted to keep on reading to find out what happens to them all. Can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out.......more

Goodreads review by Heather

Christmas Eve 1909 and Lily Larkin, her brother Davy along with their mother are standing outside a workhouse in East London begging to be taken in, they had nowhere else to stay and didn't want another night out under the stars. Eventually they were admitted but they were separated and Lily was nev......more

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