Details: Hannah Francis has been forced to leave her beloved mother & the life she knows in the silk mill town of Macclesfield & is set to become an apprentice at a cotton mill in the Derbyshire dales. It is a cruel blow for such a young girl, but her three travelling companions are even younger than she is, & Hannah is determined to keep their spirits up & remain in good cheer. Once she is settled in the mill, Hannah discovers that the hours of work are long, & the daily routine is dangerous, arduous & harsh, but her bright singing & capacity for joy lighten the load for everyone. Hannah soon becomes a favourite with the other mill workers. Friendships are forged & an innocent love starts to blossom. But can such a fragile love survive cruel reality? It is not long before she attracts the eye of Edmund Critchlow, the man who owns them all, body & soul ? the man from whom no pretty mill girl is safe. Times are hard in the cotton industry as civil war rages across America affecting even the mill owner & the lives of all his workers... Ideal for: Fans of romance & historical fiction books. This paperback book has 500 pages & measures: 17.7 x 11 x 3.3cm