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1510025340 
Large print Far from my father's house; Elizabeth Gill
Year: 2016
Language: English
Type: Large print
Class Number: F
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Lamplight Large Print Books, 2016
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781510025349
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995
As a child Blake is taken in by neighbours after the death of his grandparents and works for his keep. As a young man he falls in love with his employer's daughter, Annie, and is forced to leave the farm and seek work in the shipyards of Sunderland.
Extent: 448 pages (large print), pbk
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