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  • Author: Jacobs, Anna
    Contributor:

    Gillian Simmons

    Summary:

    Rachel Smedling is not like other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her.

    Genre: Historical fiction
    Subject(s): Historical Fiction
    Original Publisher: Melbourne, Vic. , Vision Australia
    Language(s): English

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Gillian Simmons

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Rachel Smedling is not like other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her.

Genre
Historical fiction
Subject
Historical Fiction
Publisher (Source)

Melbourne, Vic.

Vision Australia

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