The Slum Lady
Emma Hardwick
Pushed to breaking point, feisty Lady Catherine Frankland takes the bold and controversial decision to flee her terrifying husband for good, preferring a life of poverty in London’s East End.
Desperate, she believes even the slums will offer a greater chance of fulfilment in life than her idyllic - but prison-like - stately home. In a brave fight for survival, she mysteriously vanishes, leaving those behind wondering if she is alive - or dead.
An unlikely friendship with an impoverished but wily tenement neighbour enables the well-to-do lady to adjust to her new lifestyle. Alas, when Catherine secures a housemaid’s position in Mayfair, her aristocratic past suddenly catches up with her with dire consequences.
Will she ever experience love and happiness or will her husband find her first?
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