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The convict's wife / Libby Ashworth.
By: Ashworth, Libby.
Publisher: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2022Description: 384 pages (large print).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781004100163 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Lancashire (England) -- History -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Large type books.DDC classification: 823.9'2 Summary: When Molly Holden's husband, Thomas, is convicted of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to Australia. Left with their baby daughter, Molly must find work to survive. But the man who informed on Thomas is a former suitor of Molly's, and Isaac believes that with Thomas out of the way she will return to him. Yet Molly is determined to join her husband and decides to raise the sum to pay for passage, first turning to the coal pits and then teaching herself how to weave quilts, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of Isaac's nefarious interferences.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055012956280 |
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Standard print edition originally published: London: Canelo.
When Molly Holden's husband, Thomas, is convicted of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to Australia. Left with their baby daughter, Molly must find work to survive. But the man who informed on Thomas is a former suitor of Molly's, and Isaac believes that with Thomas out of the way she will return to him. Yet Molly is determined to join her husband and decides to raise the sum to pay for passage, first turning to the coal pits and then teaching herself how to weave quilts, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of Isaac's nefarious interferences.