Bibliograph

The glovemaker's daughter, Leah Fleming

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The glovemaker's daughter, Leah Fleming

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eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The glovemaker's daughter

Oclc number

987904260

Responsibility statement

Leah Fleming

Summary

1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying father, Joy grows up a witness to the persecution of the farming community for following a banned faith. Defying the authority of the local priest, she joins a group of Yorkshire pioneers traveling to the New World to form a colony close to Philadelphia - a passionate, rebellious and courageous woman fighting against the constraints of the time. Will she find peace and love? 2014. A leather-bound book is found buried in the walls of the Meeting House in Good Hope, Pennsylvania. Its details trace the owner back to a Yorkshire farm in the Dales. And so a correspondence begins between Rachel Moorside and the man who found the journal, Sam Storer, as Rachel uncovers the tumultuous secrets of her family<U+2019>s history

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Glove maker's daughter

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