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The Workhouse Girl's Promise: A Story of courage, cruelty and the kindness that survives

The Workhouse Girl's Promise: A Story of courage, cruelty and the kindness that survives

Kenton, Mabel

Paperback

Series: Mabel Kenton Victorian Romance, Book 2

General FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN13: 9798242303850
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 2 2026
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Some promises are made in silence. Some are worth everything.

When eight-year-old Alice Clark is taken into a Manchester workhouse, her childhood ends overnight. Her father is dead, her mother is dying, and survival becomes her only task.

Inside the workhouse, hunger and silence rule. Children learn quickly that kindness is dangerous and names can disappear without explanation. But Alice refuses to be erased. As the years pass, she learns to endure, to remember, and to protect those weaker than herself.

Across the yard, a boy named Freddie Jones survives through quiet acts of defiance. A shared crust of bread. A name remembered. A promise kept. Though their lives rarely touch, their silent connection keeps hope alive.

When Alice uncovers a truth that could cost her everything, she must choose between staying silent or risking all to be heard.

Set in Victorian England, The Workhouse Girl's Promise is a moving saga of resilience, courage, and the power of kindness in the darkest of places.

Perfect for readers of emotional historical sagas and women's fiction.

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