by Catherine Cookson (Author)
When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine siblings alone. Although desperately poor, the strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for the Brodies. It is only a rough stone shelter, but to Cissie and her family it is enough to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends, but charity cannot always spare them the harsh reality of their struggle and the bitterness of those who wish them harm. But can love, when it arrives, teach Cissie not to fear the world beyond the dwelling place? Set in the 1830's, "The Dwelling Place" is the powerful tale of a tenacious family's battle to overcome the odds.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 03 Mar 1994
ISBN 10: 055214066X
ISBN 13: 9780552140669
Book Overview: The dramatic story of one spirited girl's fight for survival