The Coal Scavenger’s Daughter: Victorian Romance (Enthralling Victorian Romance)
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A little girl seeking a meagre scrap of coal. A drowned man barely breathing. And a kindness that changes their lives forever…
Motherless Ten-year-old Milcah Fox lives with her father and six younger siblings, collecting dropped scraps of coal in order to feed her poor and hungry family. Life for the Fox household is difficult, but the family hold themselves together with faith, love and their shared joy for stories.
One day, Milcah’s father returns home with the body of an unconscious stranger in his cart. Milcah’s father found the man drifting in the river and managed to save him.
They barely have enough food to feed themselves, let alone to help another, but Milcah’s father tells his children that they must always help a person in need, regardless of who they are and how needy they themselves might be.
Milcah takes the lesson to heart, and after a few days under her care, the stranger wakes.
He barely speaks and then he vanishes in the night. The family assumes that they will never see him again.
Little do they suspect that their kindness to this one stranger will eventually change their lives forever…
Rosie Swan, celebrated Victorian Romance author, does it again in this heart-warming tale of kindness despite overwhelming challenges. A beautiful tale you’ll not want to end.
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Additional information
| Publisher | PureRead (25 Jun. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 1446 KB |
| Simultaneous device usage | Unlimited |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 120 pages |
by Amazon Customer
This was a lovely read I have read a lot of books by Rosie swan and enjoyed them all I still have a couple more to read
by Amazon Customer
This is a short story about the Fox family, who have a disabled father, and the Black family. Murray, the father, pulled a young man from the river and with the help of Milcah nursed him back to health. Having recovered the man left their cottage one morning without s as young goodbye. The only way the family could feed themselves was by gathering lump of coal of from the yard where the coal mines where, but the men were getting to be very conscious of the good looking young girls and groping them if they got the chance. Frustrated the family moved to Beer in the south, eventually moving back to find their cottage and land had been taken over by a mine owner. What will Milcah do to save the cottage and land? A perfect story unfolds and the power of God shines through.
by Graham Warr
A very tender and accurate portrayel of the life of the poorest of Victorian society.
Beautifully written, with sensitivity and emotion without course language but not diluting the reality of life.
As a Christian I found the sentiments of the characters very much in keeping with the theme of love your neighbour and its effects on others.
Thank you a wonderfully positive read, yet I shed tears of sadness but also of joy.
Thank you Rosie Swan
by vonnie
very enjoyable read
by Dee Nash
First book I’ve read from this author, hope there’s a 2nd one to this story. Loved the characters, read in a day, it was lovely.