The Housemaid's Daughter
$40.66
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2013
Summary
Duty and love collide on the arid plains of central South Africa. Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa and marry the fiancé she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a harsh landscape, she finds solace in her diary and the friendship of her housemaid’s daughter, Ada. Cathleen recognizes in her someone she can love and respond to in a way that she cannot with her own husband and daughter.
Under Cathleen’s tutelage, Ada grows …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755392124 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0755392124 |
| Author: | Barbara Mutch |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 138mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Review |
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‘This debut novel has echoes of Kathryn Stockett’s THE HELP and is equally compelling… Ada’s story is both an enjoyable and a very moving one, told with sensitivity and feeling.’
If you love last summer’s THE HELP, try the HOUSEMAID’S DAUGHTER by Barbara Mutch… The friendship at its centre will leave your singing. - Good Reads
This debut novel has echoes of Kathryn Stockett’s THE HELP and is equally compelling… Ada’s story is both an enjoyable and a very moving one, told with sensitivity and feeling. - Welovethisbook.comAbout The Author
Barbara Mutch
Barbara Mutch is South African by birth and currently lives in Surrey but returns to South Africa every year. The Housemaid’s Daughter is her first novel.
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