The Child Bride Free Audiobook Download by Cathy Glass

The Child Bride is a unique historical novel in which readers follow the life of one protagonist and her eternal struggle for survival. In her memoir, Cathy Glass provides an eye-opening account of what it was like to be a child bride in 1840s America.

The Child Bride is a who-dunnit drama that takes place in Victorian England. An orphaned girl known as Jenny, is married to a powerful lord at the age of 11, but they part ways when she turns 18. Her life is hard, and she never lets on to her true emotions until one day she meets a man she can't resist.

Magdalena has a young son, too. She is the daughter of a wealthy man in the town where she lives. Her mother died when she was just twelve, and Magdalena has been the caretaker of her younger brother since then. At only seventeen, she finds out that her stepfather wants to marry her off to one of his friends. Magdalena's feelings run deep and so do hers.

The Child Bride is a fascinating, captivating, and beautifully written story. The narration was excellent, with a perfect voice for the protagonist. This book has made me question my own views and realize that we often don't know how someone else feels in their heart of hearts.

"The Child Bride is a starkly beautiful and tragic novel about love, family and the will to survive," wrote the reviewer for AudioFile magazine. "A captivating story of one woman's journey from a child bride in 1930s Germany to motherhood in the United States."

The Child Bride is a story about marrying young and the consequences that come. While growing up in the rural South, Lizbeth wanted to marry a man like her father with a good job, who would be able to provide for her family. She thought she had found that man when she met David. Unfortunately after her parents' death, she was forced to join the workforce as well to help support her family of eight. After an unfortunate turn of events, Lizbeth realized that marriage wouldn't be enough and remarried at age 18.