The Girl Who Came From Rags

Oct 4, 2024 7:18 PM

Author:Gracie Hart,Colleen Prendergast

Brought to you by Penguin.

From rags to riches?

Eliza Wild has come a long way from her hungry childhood days in a rented miner's cottage on Pit Lane on the outskirts of Leeds. Her sewing skills have enabled her to go into business with a wealthy patron and to give her young niece, Victoria, a better life than she and her sister, Mary-Anne, ever dreamed of.

There's also Eliza's sweetheart, Tom, who is determined to marry her but having worked so hard to get to where she is, will Eliza take a chance on love when it means she might lose everything she has ever worked for?

Reviews

This is her best yet. I devoured it in one sitting - it's a real page turner that will delight and tug at the heart strings of readers everywhere. Wonderful!

—— Fiona Ford, author of Christmas at Liberties

Best new summer books

—— My Weekly

Praise for Daisy Styles

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This book brought home wonderfully the vivid camaraderie wartime women shared and their immense sacrifices on the Home Front. Well done Daisy for creating characters that are real women in the best sense. Funny, scheming, loyal and witty, but about all, hardworking and proud. An absolute joy to read

—— Kate Thompson, bestselling author of , Secrets of the Singer Girls

Feisty young women, a country house in wartime and a scheming aristocrat - all ingredients for a cracking story with truly endearing characters

—— Annie Murray, bestselling author of , Now The War Is Over

A perfect read for Mother's Day

—— Jaffa Reads Too Blog

An emotional rollercoaster

—— Peterborough Telegraph

Intriguing, emotional, and intense … Would recommend

—— Linda's Book Obsession Blog

A heartwarming story of a close-knit community trying to make it through a war. I’d recommend this book to anyone who loves their badass women, war novels, and stories of love and unity in the time of adversity

—— This is Lit Blog

There are certainly plenty of cliffhangers that need resolution and I'd say a few more skeletons to emerge from the closet too

—— Shaz's Book Blog

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