The Pearl Button Girl
Published on 9. January 2025
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-0350-1997-7 (ISBN)
Description
'This heartfelt story is perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn' - Candis
'Gritty and moving story-telling' - Peterborough Telegraph
Annie Murray's The Pearl Button Girl is book one in the Children of Birmingham series, starting in Victorian Birmingham and following the trials and triumphs of the Fletcher family.
Working at the local pearl button factory, Ada Fletcher is doing her best to make ends meet in trying times.
When tragedy strikes and her siblings are taken to a workhouse orphanage, Ada is saved from a similar fate by her neighbour, Sarah Connell.
But the roof over Ada's head doesn't come without a price: the Connells have too many children and not enough money, and Sarah's reliance on drink means that it isn't long before Ada needs to escape.
Determined to be more than just a factory girl, Ada embarks on a journey to reunite with her siblings. But in a teeming industrial city, will she be able to find long-lost family as well as a home and life to call her own?
'Gritty and moving story-telling' - Peterborough Telegraph
Annie Murray's The Pearl Button Girl is book one in the Children of Birmingham series, starting in Victorian Birmingham and following the trials and triumphs of the Fletcher family.
Working at the local pearl button factory, Ada Fletcher is doing her best to make ends meet in trying times.
When tragedy strikes and her siblings are taken to a workhouse orphanage, Ada is saved from a similar fate by her neighbour, Sarah Connell.
But the roof over Ada's head doesn't come without a price: the Connells have too many children and not enough money, and Sarah's reliance on drink means that it isn't long before Ada needs to escape.
Determined to be more than just a factory girl, Ada embarks on a journey to reunite with her siblings. But in a teeming industrial city, will she be able to find long-lost family as well as a home and life to call her own?
Reviews / Votes
Heart-warming and affecting tale * Woman's Weekly on Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls * This heartfelt story is perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn * Candis * The popular saga writer returns to her roots with the first in the Children of Birmingham series . . . It's gritty and moving story-telling * Peterborough Telegraph * An involving read that perfectly evokes the hardship of life at the time in the Second City * Choice *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 164 mm
Width: 242 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-1997-7 (9781035019977)
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Annie Murray
The Pearl Button Girl
The gritty and heartwarming historical fiction from the Sunday Times bestselling saga author
E-Book
02/2025
Pan Books
€13.49
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Person
Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford. Her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including War Babies and Girls in Tin Hats and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls, Sisters of Gold and Black Country Orphan. Annie has four children, all Birmingham born and she lives near Oxford.