The Market Girl

AN UPLIFTING TALE OF HOPE, LOVE AND DEFYING YOUR FAMILY SET IN 1890S' LANCASHIRE 
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Agnes Cavanaugh has watched her mother, Kitty, struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed the sea from Ireland. So when she sees an opportunity to help earn some money by selling cheese at the local market she begins to work with the local farm to boost sales. 
 
 Much to her mother, Kitty’s, disappointment, Agnes is immediately drawn to the farmer’s son, Jonas. And Jonas can’t help but be enchanted by Agnes. But their love faces many challenges, Agnes has been promised to another and Jonas cannot marry a Roman Catholic. 
 
 Will Agnes risk everything she’s done for her family in her quest for happiness? 
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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.

Lancashire, 1850s 
 
Agnes Cavanaugh has watched her mother,Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed the sea from Ireland. So when she sees an opportunity to help earn some money by selling cheese at the local market she begins to work with the local farm to maximise on sales. 
 
Much to her mother, Kitty&rsquo;s, disappointment, Agnes is immediately drawn to the farmer&rsquo;s son, Jonas. And Jonas can&rsquo;t help but be enchanted by Agnes. But their love faces many challenges, Agnes has been promised to another and Jonas cannot marry a Roman Catholic. 
 
Will Agnes risk everything she&rsquo;s done for her family in her quest for happiness?

a new emotional and heartwarming family saga

The Rag Maiden

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.

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

Libby Ashworth

Kitty Cavanah has been fighting for her children ever since they left Dublin in 1848. 
 
Their life in Ireland feels like a lifetime ago, and now, settled in Blackburn Kitty continues to fight for a better future for her family. 
 
With her daughter, Agnes, settled and married, Kitty must focus on her youngest children and their dream of making it across the sea to America, and a better life. 
 
She may only have a few shillings to her name, but Kitty never gives up on fighting for her a better future for her family, and working her way up in the mills of Blackburn could be the making of her fortune.

The Widow’s Shillings

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