The good provider.

Jessica Stirling

Original title: The Good Provider

earliest edition we have, 1988 Pan, 1989., 1989 351 pages

19th century. Kirsty Barnes, an orphan indentured to a lecherous old farmer, escapes from his advances with the help of her childhood sweetheart, Craig Nelson. With little money and still strangers to each other, they travel to Glasgow. Marriage takes second place to survival, although their fortunes improve when a churchgoing widow befriends Kirsty. Still not legally married, Kirsty gives birth to a son, and Craig e...

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The good provider edition · 2000 · Hodder & Stoughton · 580 pages
The good provider. edition · 1991 · Chivers
The good provider. edition · 1989 · Pan, 1989. · 351 pages
The good provider. edition · 1988 · Chivers · 536 pages

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