Charity: The emotional and uplifting historical novel from the bestselling author
May 2011 · Random House
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From the Sunday Times, multi-million copy bestselling author, a new edition of a forgotten classic
Charity Stratton is just fifteen when her world shatters. After losing her parents in a terrible fire, she’s separated from her beloved siblings and forced into servitude.
Her life as a boarding school kitchen maid is backbreaking and lonely. And her brief moments of joy with a dashing student end in heartbreak when she becomes pregnant.
But Charity’s spirit refuses to be broken. Escaping to London, she finds a city teeming with both opportunity and peril. Will Charity's resilience be enough to overcome the odds, reunite her family and build a better life for them all?
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Praise for Lesley Pearse:
'I couldn’t put this book down. Although harrowing at times, Lesley’s indomitable spirit shines through. What an inspiration, what a book!' - Katie Fforde
'Fabulously entertaining... a poignant and powerful story that is truly unputdownable.' - Milly Johnson
'A totally gripping read, by turns tragic, mad-cap, heartbreaking and mind-blowing. And anyone who can read that final chapter without bursting into happy tears has to have a heart of stone.' - Jill Mansell
'An incredible life story from a literary icon, Lesley Pearse’s truth is even more gripping than her fiction' - Veronica Henry
'Inspiring, heart-warming, extraordinary' - Woman's Weekly
'Humorous and heartbreaking... I was so gripped I read it twice' - Kate Furnivall
'What a roller coaster of a ride. I couldn't do anything else until I'd finished this book. Gripping, heart wrenching... an amazing read' - Jo Thomas
Charity Stratton is just fifteen when her world shatters. After losing her parents in a terrible fire, she’s separated from her beloved siblings and forced into servitude.
Her life as a boarding school kitchen maid is backbreaking and lonely. And her brief moments of joy with a dashing student end in heartbreak when she becomes pregnant.
But Charity’s spirit refuses to be broken. Escaping to London, she finds a city teeming with both opportunity and peril. Will Charity's resilience be enough to overcome the odds, reunite her family and build a better life for them all?
_________________
Praise for Lesley Pearse:
'I couldn’t put this book down. Although harrowing at times, Lesley’s indomitable spirit shines through. What an inspiration, what a book!' - Katie Fforde
'Fabulously entertaining... a poignant and powerful story that is truly unputdownable.' - Milly Johnson
'A totally gripping read, by turns tragic, mad-cap, heartbreaking and mind-blowing. And anyone who can read that final chapter without bursting into happy tears has to have a heart of stone.' - Jill Mansell
'An incredible life story from a literary icon, Lesley Pearse’s truth is even more gripping than her fiction' - Veronica Henry
'Inspiring, heart-warming, extraordinary' - Woman's Weekly
'Humorous and heartbreaking... I was so gripped I read it twice' - Kate Furnivall
'What a roller coaster of a ride. I couldn't do anything else until I'd finished this book. Gripping, heart wrenching... an amazing read' - Jo Thomas
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4.8
37 reviews
Karen King
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March 24, 2016
Just about the best of them all, couldn't put it down and I was so disappointed when I'd finished it , I wasnt to know what happened to them all, was it a girl or boy, was the hotel successful and did the kids holiday home come into being, more of the same please Lesley
Elaine Bryan
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February 5, 2025
Excellent reading, brilliant story could not put it down.
Kathy Kanji
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November 18, 2018
A brilliant imaginative drama keeping the reader in suspence to the end.
About the author
Lesley Pearse was born in Rochester, Kent, but has lived in the West Country for over thirty years. She has three daughters and two grandsons. She is the author of twenty novels and now writes full-time.
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