In Conversation with Rosie Goodwin

Join us at Polesworth Library as we chat with author Rosie Goodwin about the release of her latest book, The Rag Princess.

The Rag Princess

The first book in a brand-new historical trilogy from Britain's best-loved saga author.

Coventry, 1904

When little orphan Annie finds herself liberated from the workhouse and taken to a smart home on Swan Lane, she thinks her fortunes might finally be turning around. While grateful to the Lilburn family, she soon realises they have problems of their own. Grieving the loss of their young daughter a number of years earlier, Maggie Lilburn adopted two children from the workhouse: a newborn baby, who she thought would be the answer to her family's woes, and Annie. But Annie soon discovers that rather than wanting to make her a part of the family along with the baby, Maggie plans to treat her as little more than a slave.

Life on Swan Lane is not all bad for Annie as she becomes close to her adopted brothers and Levi, Maggie's husband and the local rag-and-bone man, takes Annie under his wing. When Maggie finds herself unable to cope with the grief that haunts her, Annie steps in and helps to run the home and the family business, and starts to make a life for herself.

Through all of this the mystery surrounding Annie's birth is something that plagues her. Abandoned on the workhouse steps shortly after her birth, she desperately wants to know who her parents are, and she tries to piece together the clues. Will Annie ever find out where she came from and ultimately find where she belongs?

About the author

Rosie Goodwin is the four-million-copy bestselling author of more than forty novels. She is the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own sequels. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, then fostered a number of children, she is now a full-time novelist. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries and has sold over four million copies across her career. Rosie lives in Nuneaton, the setting for many of her books, with her husband and their beloved dogs.

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