Chimney Sweep’s Sister

Name: Chimney Sweep’s Sister - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780552178129
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Emma Hornby

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**Don't miss Emma Hornby's new, gripping wartime saga, A SISTER'S FIGHT**

'If you enjoy Dilly Court's stories, you'll love the latest heart-warming romance from Emma Hornby.' Yours

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A page-turning Victorian saga from the bestselling and RNA shortlisted author.

Jenny and her little brother Noah are orphans, living hand to mouth in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the Manchester slums.

At the tender age of nine, Noah is a chimney sweep's boy: a dangerous job, where he's wickedly mistreated. But they survive on his earnings, for which his older sister Jenny feels terrible guilt. It's only her fiery temper that's prevented her keeping down a job herself. With her brother's safety - his life - on...

About the Author

Emma Hornby

Emma Hornby lives on a tight-knit working-class estate in Bolton and has read sagas all her life. Before pursuing a career as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for the elderly, to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She was inspired to write after researching her family history; like the characters in her books, many generations of her family eked out life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums.