The Whispering Road
In early nineteenth-century England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and renegade printer Abel Heywood who supports the rights of the poor.
GenresHeywood, AbelFictionOrphansSiblingsPovertyChild labor
326 pages
English edition · First published 2005 by G. P. Putnam's Sons · ISBN 9780399243578
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