Desperation has been the only thing Joan and her family have known for as long as she can remember. Then a boy comes along and changes it all.
In the Croppers’ tiny room, Pa is ailing, little brother Ron has never been well a day in his life, and all of them are cold and hungry. Like so many others in unforgiving London, it seems like there’s no hope out there.
That is, until Bob appears in their lives.
High-spirited and self-assured, Bob is nothing like the other people Joan knows. He always has a plan. A plan to find them food, and medicine, and perhaps even a future.
But Bob’s plan comes at a cost, and even though Joan accepts that cost, it becomes harder to pay with every day that passes. Now she and her family have enough to eat, but disaster can surely only be days away?
The Thief’s Apprentice is a story of hopes won and lost. Of hardships endured, never knowing if there might be triumph on the other side of them. Join Joan and Bob on London’s cold and often merciless streets, as they find new ways to survive and look after the people they love.
Written by Hattie in her earliest days as a storyteller, but released only after she found success in her genre, this compelling story shows the development of an author already mastering her craft.
Genre: Historical Romance
In the Croppers’ tiny room, Pa is ailing, little brother Ron has never been well a day in his life, and all of them are cold and hungry. Like so many others in unforgiving London, it seems like there’s no hope out there.
That is, until Bob appears in their lives.
High-spirited and self-assured, Bob is nothing like the other people Joan knows. He always has a plan. A plan to find them food, and medicine, and perhaps even a future.
But Bob’s plan comes at a cost, and even though Joan accepts that cost, it becomes harder to pay with every day that passes. Now she and her family have enough to eat, but disaster can surely only be days away?
The Thief’s Apprentice is a story of hopes won and lost. Of hardships endured, never knowing if there might be triumph on the other side of them. Join Joan and Bob on London’s cold and often merciless streets, as they find new ways to survive and look after the people they love.
Written by Hattie in her earliest days as a storyteller, but released only after she found success in her genre, this compelling story shows the development of an author already mastering her craft.
Genre: Historical Romance
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