The Dwelling Place

Catherine Cookson

Original title: The dwelling place

earliest edition we have, 1920 Futura, 1990 402 pages

When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine siblings alone. Although desperately poor, the strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for the Brodies. It is only a rough stone shelter, but to Cissie and her family it is enough to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends, but charity cannot always spare them the h...

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Editions we hold

The Dwelling Place audiobook · 1997 · Soundings · 9781854967527
The Dwelling Place paperback · 1994 · Transworld Publishers Limited · 416 pages · 9780552140669
The dwelling place. edition · 1990 · Futura · 402 pages
The Dwelling Place audiobook · 1985 · Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736609432
Dwelling Place (Ulverscroft Large Print) hardcover · 1982 · Ulverscroft Large Print · 544 pages · 9780708907832
THE DWELLING PLACE. paperback · 1980 · Corgi
The dwelling place edition · 1973 · Corgi · 402 pages
The dwelling place edition · 1971 · Macdonald and Co. · 381 pages
The Dwelling Place audiobook · 1920 · Books on Tape · 9785553672423

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