Winner: IP Picks 2011 Best Creative Non-Fiction.
A sweeping account of Irish and Scottish families, The Rag Boiler’s Daughter portrays one woman’s resolve to provide her children with a brighter future. This story follows Maggie Gilliland from her birth in Denny, Scotland in 1865 and spans the factories of 19th Century Scotland, the Irish War of Independence, two world wars and a family’s migration to Australia.
IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) –
“Very interesting story with Maggie a worthy heroine. Her life and struggles with hardship, loss and changing times – not to mention the tremendous feat of bearing 17 children – kept me reading until the end. Good background information about the Protestant and Catholic conflict in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is a book well worth reading!”
– Willow, Kindle reader