From bestselling author Libby Ashworth comes a compelling saga of escape, courage and the search for a better life. Lancashire in the grip of the Industrial Revolution is no place to be young and alone, as Lydia Knowles discovers when she is torn from her mother and sent to work in a brutal cotton mill. Bullied beyond endurance, she flees in terror, believing she may have killed a girl in the struggle. While her family sails for a new life in Australia without her, Lydia must outrun the law and find her own way across the world to reach them. A fierce, fast-moving saga of survival and unbreakable family ties. Runaway Daughter follows a young woman determined to forge her own path against the odds - a richly atmospheric story of independence, love and the price of freedom.
