The Rag Maiden: a new emotional and heartwarming family saga

Name: The Rag Maiden: a new emotional and heartwarming family saga
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Libby Ashworth

Jan 2024 · The Cavanah Family series Book 1 · Random House

4.5

2 reviews

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One woman dreams of a better life for her family – but how do you find it when all you've ever known is poverty?

Ireland, 1848

The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to secure tickets for America - seeking hope in an unknown land.

But still fortune will not favour them. On a terrifying crossing of the Irish Sea, Peter vanishes, and with him their tickets.

Now, Kitty and her young family are stranded in Liverpool - with not a penny to their name. Facing prejudice and distrust, they move to Blackburn, where the welcome is no warmer, but Kitty at least can gather rags and scraps to exchange for a coin or two.

She refuses to give up hope - on finding Peter, on getting to America.

Yet Kitty knows they are just one bad day away from the evils of the workhouse . . .

The Rag Maiden is a powerful and enthralling tale of one woman's struggle to save her family.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

2 reviews

Mary O'malley

May 8, 2024

ended a bit sudden

Susan Marfell

January 10, 2024

really enjoyed it

About the author

Libby Ashworth writes sagas set in Lancashire, England where she was born and brought up.

Libby still lives in Lancashire and is passionate about its history. She can trace her direct ancestors back to the village of Whalley in the Middle Ages. Many of her ancestors worked in the cotton industry - first as home-based spinners and hand loom weavers, and later in the mills of Blackburn. It is their lives Libby has drawn on to tell her stories.

Libby also writes under the name Elizabeth Ashworth.

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