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The rag maiden / Libby Ashworth.
By: Ashworth, Libby [author].
Series: Ashworth, Libby. Irish family: 1.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2024Edition: Large print edition.Description: 300 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750551335.Subject(s): Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Moving, Household -- Fiction | Missing persons -- Fiction | Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852 -- Fiction | Blackburn (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 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 - of finding Peter, of getting to America.But Kitty knows they are just one bad day away from the evils of the workhouse...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Issued | 07/05/2024 | 38055013165493 |
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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 - of finding Peter, of getting to America.But Kitty knows they are just one bad day away from the evils of the workhouse...
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