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    The Iron Woman
    The Iron Woman
    The Iron Woman
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Iron Woman

    Written by Ted Hughes

    Narrated by Ted Hughes

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    The streaming shape reared . . . like a sudden wall of cliff, pouring cataracts of black mud and clotted, rooty lumps of reeds.

    Mankind for has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge. Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction. She needs help. Who better to call on but Hogarth and the Iron Man . . . ?

    A sequel and companion volume to Ted Hughes' The Iron Man, this digital edition of the author's evocative reading will be treasured by a new generation of listeners.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFaber & Faber
    Release dateJun 7, 2018
    ISBN9780571348848
    The Iron Woman
    Author

    Ted Hughes

    TED HUGHES (1930-1998) published numerous volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction in 1985 and was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1984.

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