The Bronte Girl
Published on 24. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-915758-06-4 (ISBN)
Description
"I am just going to write because I cannot help it."
Charlotte Bronte
Haworth 1847. When Mother and her beloved twin brothers are taken by the Haworth 'miasma', to keep her family from the workhouse, 15-year-old Kate takes a cleaning job at The Parsonage, home to the Bronte family. Kate dreams of being a writer. Poverty and gender stand in her way and Luke Feather who wants to marry her, believes writing stories is a waste of time.
When Charlotte Bronte discovers Kate's passion for books and writing, an important friendship develops. Kate begins to embrace Charlotte's radical ideas of equality and is thrilled when she spots clues that the Bronte sisters are writing stories. But how can Kate achieve her ambitions to write, while locked in the daily struggle to survive in Haworth?
Miriam Halahmy has written a novel which brings the Brontes alive for a new generation of readers. Themes of women's rights, inequality and poverty are illuminated in beautiful character-driven storytelling. In a world of increasing inequality and global attacks on women's rights, this is a novel for our time.
Charlotte Bronte
Haworth 1847. When Mother and her beloved twin brothers are taken by the Haworth 'miasma', to keep her family from the workhouse, 15-year-old Kate takes a cleaning job at The Parsonage, home to the Bronte family. Kate dreams of being a writer. Poverty and gender stand in her way and Luke Feather who wants to marry her, believes writing stories is a waste of time.
When Charlotte Bronte discovers Kate's passion for books and writing, an important friendship develops. Kate begins to embrace Charlotte's radical ideas of equality and is thrilled when she spots clues that the Bronte sisters are writing stories. But how can Kate achieve her ambitions to write, while locked in the daily struggle to survive in Haworth?
Miriam Halahmy has written a novel which brings the Brontes alive for a new generation of readers. Themes of women's rights, inequality and poverty are illuminated in beautiful character-driven storytelling. In a world of increasing inequality and global attacks on women's rights, this is a novel for our time.
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Edition
Enhanced edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Frontispiece
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915758-06-4 (9781915758064)
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Miriam Halahmy is an acclaimed poet, novelist and educator. Twice nominated and once longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal (Hidden, published by Trolika and Always Here for You, published by ZunTold 2021), Miriam writes gritty contemporary and historical fiction for children (middle grade) and young adults.
She is also the author of The Emergency Zoo (optioned for a children's TV show with Red Planet Productions), Saving Hanno (OtterBarry Books), Behind Closed Doors (Firefly Press) and Rip to the Rescue (Holiday House Books US).
Miriam was given an Arts Council Grant to research for The Bronte Girl and the novel has received posiitve reviews for its attention to historical detail and the bringing to life of the Bronte family - Charlotte in particular, as seen through the eyes of Kate, a girl from Haworth who dared to dream that one day, she too could be a writer.
Miriam brings to life a time when women did not dare to publish in their own name. The Bronte Girl introduces the Brontes to a new generation of young people.
She is also the author of The Emergency Zoo (optioned for a children's TV show with Red Planet Productions), Saving Hanno (OtterBarry Books), Behind Closed Doors (Firefly Press) and Rip to the Rescue (Holiday House Books US).
Miriam was given an Arts Council Grant to research for The Bronte Girl and the novel has received posiitve reviews for its attention to historical detail and the bringing to life of the Bronte family - Charlotte in particular, as seen through the eyes of Kate, a girl from Haworth who dared to dream that one day, she too could be a writer.
Miriam brings to life a time when women did not dare to publish in their own name. The Bronte Girl introduces the Brontes to a new generation of young people.