Nobody’s Girl
Abandoned and alone, you’ll do anything to survive…
A gritty new saga from the bestselling author of Outcast Child.
Abandoned on the cold stone steps of an orphanage, only a few hours old and clutching the object which was to give her name, Pearl Button had a hard start to life.
Now 16 years old, she’s finally managed to escape the cruel confines of the orphanage, and enter the real world. Finding work at a nearby café, Pearl is thrilled to start earning her own money, even if she must contend with sharp-tongued Dolly Dolby.
But soon she becomes tangled up in the murky South London underworld in which Dolly’s son – the cruel but handsome Kevin – operates. By chance, she sees something she shouldn’t, something dangerous, and her life is thrown into jeopardy. Can gentle giant Derek Lewis protect vulnerable Pearl from Kevin – and her own heart?
Meanwhile, a local boy is snatched, terrifying this close-knit community, and at the orphanage where Pearl lived out her wretched childhood, the past is coming back to haunt its owner – and the secret she has promised to guard for so many years…
Praise for NOBODY'S GIRL: -
”'This pageturner is a gritty tale of survival.” - Tesco magazine.
'Heartbreakingly poignant and joltingly realistic. From the first page the characters and their lives drew me in. It combines wonderfully accurate historical detail with true gritty realism in a book that fans of misery lit won't want to miss.' Annie Groves, author of SOME SUNNY DAY. -
Praise for Kitty Neale: -
'A gritty tale' BELLA -
'Neale makes Cookson's earthiest stories look a little tame.' PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH -