Based on the Catherine Cookson novel of the same name. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of
Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by
Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence
of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose
waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and
strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.
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Cheryl Moody
spanker: Jill Baker
director: David Wheatley
It's from a UK one off called The Girl, based on a Catherine Cookson novel. Husband has an affair, the girl is the result, but her mother dies. Very strict wife takes her in and treats her like dirt.
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