Shilling for a Wife

Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Shilling for a Wife by Emma Hornby, read by Penelope Freeman.

Sally Swann thought life couldn''t get much worse. Then a single coin changed hands.

A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton, Lancashire, has been Sally’s prison since Joseph Goden ''bought'' her from the workhouse as his wife. A drunkard and bully, Joseph rules her with a rod of iron, usin...