The Quietness The Quietness

The Quietness

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Publisher Description

A gripping, moving and haunting Victorian drama from a debut author

When fifteen-year-old Queenie escapes from the squalid slums of nineteenth-century London, she has no idea about the dangers of the dark world she is about to become embroiled in. Initially thrilled at being taken on as a maid for the seemingly respectable Waters sisters, Queenie comes to realise that something is very wrong with the dozens of strangely silent babies being 'adopted' into the household.

Meanwhile, lonely and unloved sixteen-year-old Ellen is delighted when her handsome and charming young cousin Jacob is sent to live with her family. She thinks she has finally found a man to fall in love with and rely on, but when Jacob cruelly betrays her she finds herself once again at the mercy of her cold-hearted father. Soon the girls' lives become irrevocably entwined in this tension-filled drama. THE QUIETNESS is a novel of friendship and trust in the darkest of settings.

  • GENRE
    Young Adult
    RELEASED
    2013
    March 7
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    288
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Bonnier Publishing Fiction
    SELLER
    Hot Key Books Limited
    SIZE
    756.1
    KB
    AUDIENCE
    Grades 11-14

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