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<p><strong>One woman dreams of a better life for her family ? but how do you find it when all you've ever known is poverty?</strong></p> <p><strong>Ireland, 1848</strong></p> <p>The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to secure tickets for America - seeking hope in an unknown land.</p> <p>But still fortune will not favour them. On a terrifying crossing of the Irish Sea, Peter vanishes, and with him their tickets.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>She refuses to give up hope - on finding Peter, on getting to America.</p> <p>Yet Kitty knows they are just one bad day away from the evils of the workhouse . . .</p> <p><strong><em>The Rag Maiden</em> is a powerful and enthralling tale of one woman's struggle to save her ...楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る