About the Author

Emma Hornby is the author of A Shilling for a Wife, Manchester Moll, The Orphans of Ardwick and A Mother’s Dilemma. Before pursuing a writing career, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for the elderly, to working in a Blackpool rock factory.

She was inspired to write because of her lifelong love of sagas and after researching her family history – like the characters in her books, many generations of her family eked out a life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire’s slums.

Emma lives on a tight-knit working-class estate in Bolton with her family.

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