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The Bronte Girl

English

By (author): Miriam Halahmy

I am just going to write because I cannot help it.

                                                                     Charlotte Brontë

Haworth 1847. When Mother and her beloved twin brothers are taken by the Haworth miasma, to keep her family from the workhouse, 15-year-old Kate takes a cleaning job at The Parsonage, home to the Brontë family. Kate dreams of being a writer. Poverty and gender stand in her way and Luke Feather who wants to marry her, believes writing stories is a waste of time.

 

When Charlotte Brontë discovers Kates passion for books and writing, an important friendship develops. Kate begins to embrace Charlottes radical ideas of equality and is thrilled when she spots clues that the Brontë sisters are writing stories. But how can Kate achieve her ambitions to write, while locked in the daily struggle to survive in Haworth? 

 

Miriam Halahmy has written a novel which brings the Brontës alive for a new generation of readers. Themes of womens rights, inequality and poverty are illuminated in beautiful character-driven storytelling. In a world of increasing inequality and global attacks on womens rights, this is a novel for our time.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 238g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: ZunTold
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 12+
  • ISBN13: 9781915758064

About Miriam Halahmy

Miriam Halahmy is an acclaimed poet novelist and educator. Twice nominated and once longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal (Hidden published by Trolika and Always Here for You published by ZunTold 2021) Miriam writes gritty contemporary and historical fiction for children (middle grade) and young adults.  She is also the author of The Emergency Zoo (optioned for a children's TV show with Red Planet Productions) Saving Hanno (OtterBarry Books) Behind Closed Doors (Firefly Press) and Rip to the Rescue (Holiday House Books US). Miriam was given an Arts Council Grant to research for The Bronte Girl and the novel has received posiitve reviews for its attention to historical detail and the bringing to life of the Bronte family  - Charlotte in particular as seen through the eyes of Kate a girl from Haworth who dared to dream that one day she too could be a writer.  Miriam brings to life a time when women did not dare to publish in their own name. The Bronte Girl introduces the Brontes to a new generation of young people.

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