The Factory Girl's Song

by Faye Godwin

FREE Download on Kindle Unlimited! Olive Wickes knew a better life once. Before their old master died, her family lived in comfortable servants' quarters beside a garden where birdsong echoed through the day. But the new young master turned them out, and now Olive, her parents, and her five-year-old brother Jimmy are struggling to get by. In their cold and desolate tenement, Olive sings to Jimmy about the birds of the garden, trying to cling to hope. Things go from bad to worse when Father succumbs to consumption. Without his job at the docks, the family can't get by. They try to survive on the streets, but it's an impossible task for a destitute mother and her two small children. Olive embarks on a journey of loss and survival in the brutal setting of Victorian London. She has to survive the deaths of loved ones, the appalling conditions in the slums of Old Nichol, and worst of all, the horrors of a match factory and the deadly diseases lurking inside. But one bright thread runs through her a kind and handsome boy who gives her bread and whistles just like a nightingale. Might he be the thread by which she can pull herself back up into a better life?

Genres: Audiobook

130 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 10, 2019

Reviews

[poppie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read but too short!

[Olly Dark]

So sad, so beautiful

I was captivated by the pictures drawn by Faye Godwin. I felt the cold. I smelt the suppurating jaw of the match girl.
Beautifully written.

[Vera G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sad

It is a well written book but it was such a sad book I had to use a towel to catch all the tears. I prefer to read happier stories.

[Suzanne Furney · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pleasant story although the ending was a bit abrupt and on the corny side. My opinion. It was a quiet way to spend a rainy few hours.

[amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Harsh and true

well written and accurate a good read for a long journey ride home touching and a strong character to boot. enjoy

[Aida · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this story much more than Ragged hatmaker. It sounded more believable 🤔

[Yvonne Walton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dieselblackcat

Great book but I find that all of the books I have read so far have come to an abrupt ending. Like you are reading along and then you get to the last page and it ends. Just stops. But don’t get me wrong they are great stories