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The rag maid / Catherine Cookson.

by Cookson, Catherine.

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Corgi Books, 2017.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Working class -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

9780552174053 (trade pbk.)

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426 p. ; 20 cm.

First published in Great Britain as The Rag Nymph in 1991 by Bantam Press."--T.p. verso.

"When Millie's mother abandons her one late afternoon in 1854, fate brings the seven-year-old to Aggie's door -- and life will never be the same for either of them. Known locally as "Raggie Annie" for her business of trading rags and old clothes, the older woman knows the dangers waiting for such a strikingly pretty girl left alone in their rough area of Newcastle, and sees no other option but to take her in. The unlikely pair soon form an unexpectedly strong bond. But their will be obstacles in their paths -- will their friendship survive? Whatever happens, their relationship will change their lives for ever..."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Domestic fiction.

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