- Paperback: 544 pages
- Publisher: Corgi; New edition edition (1 Jun 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552139777
- ISBN-13: 978-0552139779
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 219,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Two girls determined to make better lives for themselves.
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At eighteen Jennifer Crawley led a strange and lonely life - her days in the spinning room of the cotton mill, her nights with possessive - and slightly mad - Aunt Mavis. Jenny didn't even know who her parents were. Aunt Mavis never spoke of them.
Then came the chance to better herself - to work as a servant at Skipton Hall. And there Jenny found a household as dangerous and weird as the one she had left behind. Mrs Sloane, the terrifying housekeeper, was as cruel as she was ugly, taking pleasure in bullying and frightening the young maids. Henry Skipton was an embittered, solitary man who took care never to see his invalid wife. And Eloise Skipton lay bed-ridden, a beautiful woman in a beautiful room, feeding on hatred and plotting vengeance on the man she had married. When she first set eyes on young Jenny, she realised she had found the perfect weapon for revenge.
But Jenny, for the first time in her life, had a friend. Maria Hesketh, a gutsy, talented Liverpudlian, her character as fiery as her hair, was determined that she and Jenny would make something of their lives, would succeed in spite of everything.
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For many, many years my mam has raved about a book she had once seen called 'Spinning Jenny'. She has looked in all the major book stores for this book but had been unable to find it anywhere. The book itself is around 20 years old and the author is Ruth Hamilton. This year (2012) for Mothers Day, I searched on-line using Amazon and found the book she so much wanted. The book is a 'used' book but the description said it 'was in good condition' - and it is. Mam was delighted and could not believe I had found it. She is now half way through reading it and is loving every minute of reading this enchanting and spellbinding story. Thank you Amazon.
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