Fallen Grace
(Sprache: Englisch)
Geheimnisvolles Vermächtnis«. London, 1861: Grace lebt mit ihrer Schwester Lily in einem Waisenhaus in einem Armenviertel von London. Jeden Tag kämpft sie ums Überleben. Grace ahnt nicht, dass sie und ihre Schwester per Zeitungsannonce als Erbinnen eines...
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Geheimnisvolles Vermächtnis«. London, 1861: Grace lebt mit ihrer Schwester Lily in einem Waisenhaus in einem Armenviertel von London. Jeden Tag kämpft sie ums Überleben. Grace ahnt nicht, dass sie und ihre Schwester per Zeitungsannonce als Erbinnen eines immensen Vermögens gesucht werden. Doch es gibt einige, die dies verhindern wollen. Grace und Lily geraten in große Gefahr. Kann James, der junge Anwaltsgehilfe, den Schwestern helfen und das Komplott rechtzeitig aufdecken?
Klappentext zu „Fallen Grace “
Grace Parkes has just had to do a terrible thing. Having given birth to an illegitimate child, she has travelled to the famed Brookwood Cemetery to place her small infant's body in a rich lady's coffin. Following the advice of a kindly midwife, this is the only way that Grace can think of to give something at least to the little baby who died at birth, and to avoid the ignominy of a pauper's grave.Distraught and weeping, Grace meets two people at the cemetery: Mrs Emmeline Unwin and Mr James Solent. These two characters will have a profound effect upon Grace's life. But Grace doesn't know that yet. For now, she has to suppress her grief and get on with the business of living: scraping together enough pennies selling watercress for rent and food; looking after her older sister, who is incapable of caring for herself; thwarting the manipulative and conscience-free Unwin family, who are as capable of running a lucrative funeral business as they are of defrauding a young woman of her fortune.
A stunning evocation of life in Victorian London, with vivid and accurate depictions, ranging from the deprivation that the truly poor suffered to the unthinking luxuries enjoyed by the rich: all bound up with a pacy and thrilling plot, as Grace races to unravel the fraud about to be perpetrated against her and her sister.
Autoren-Porträt von Mary Hooper
Hooper, MaryMary Hooper is a very popular writer for children and young adults. Her brilliant historical novels have a huge fan base, as do her contemporary novels for teenagers. At The Sign of the Sugared Plum was selected as part of the 2010 Booked Up scheme and Fallen Grace has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2011. Mary lives in Henley-on-Thames.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mary Hooper
- Altersempfehlung: 12 - 15 Jahre
- 2010, 320 Seiten, Maße: 13,7 x 20,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 0747599130
- ISBN-13: 9780747599135
Sprache:
Englisch
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'A sensitive and tautly-plotted novel, intelligently told' Daily Mail 'Nobody tells a story like Mary Hooper does. Her ability to make the lives of girls in times past come alive for the modern reader is a special skill. As well as her superb grasp of period settings, she revels in extraordinary and fascinating human stories that cry out to be told. Such lives could not be in better hands' John McLay, Director, Bath Festival of Children's Literature 'An exceptional, highly involving and affecting tale that is definitely a must read for 2010' Jake Hope, YLG and The Bookseller 'This one is Hooper's breakthrough and its characterisation, plotting and atmosphere are first-rate and deserve prizes ... Not since Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke has there been such a gorgeous evocation of Victorian life - or so satisfying a conclusion' Amanda Craig, The Times
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