![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The Slow Awakening is a powerful novel, originally published under the pseudonym of Catherine Marchant, and reflects vividly the violence and cruelty that a poverty-stricken girl might endure in that period. The two women entered into a secret bargain, an arrangement that was to change Kirsten’s fortune and place her in the middle of a bitter feud between two families. At the same time, Florence, mistress of the great house nearby, was told that her newborn son was dead. Rescued from the flood by the Flynn family, she gave birth to a child as the waters raged about her. Catherine Cookson 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,160 Paperback 13.8913.89 This item: The Slow Awakening 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,044 Paperback 6 offers from 6.60 Pure as the Lily Catherine Cookson 4.4 out of 5 stars 981 Hardcover 45 offers from 0.65 The Branded Man Catherine Cookson 4.4 out of 5 stars 764 Paperback 58 offers from 0. Somehow, Kirsten survived her terrible childhood – only to be sold, at the age of fourteen, to a traveling tinker – a vicious man who raped her and held her captive until the fateful day they were separated during a storm. The Slow Awakening is a powerful novel, originally published under the pseudonym of Catherine Marchant, and reflects vividly the violence and cruelty that a poverty-stricken girl might endure in that period. ![]() In the mid-1850s, life for an orphan was grim, as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died suddenly on a journey to Northumberland, leaving her penniless and alone in the hands of a cruel farmer. ![]()
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