Peggy Cassidy is a milly, working in the Belfast linen mills alongside her family to just about get by. But Peggy has another job – a secret one. She also works alongside her beloved Aunt Bridget as a handywoman – an illegal midwife, tending to the women of her community in their time of need. When her Aunt Bridget is arrested while they are supporting a local woman giving birth, it sets off a chain of events that will change Peggy’s life forever.
Leaving Belfast and her family for the first time, Peggy instead heads to Dublin, where she will train as a proper midwife. There, Peggy can’t quite believe the luxuries of her new life – plenty of food, a fine uniform, new friends, and maybe even the chance to fall in love…
But Peggy must keep the truth about her family – and especially, her own past as a handywoman – secret at all times. And when the realities of her life in Belfast – the realities of who she really is – are revealed, will she lose everything she has worked towards?
And will she choose to protect her family, rather than let herself fall in love?
Leaving Belfast and her family for the first time, Peggy instead heads to Dublin, where she will train as a proper midwife. There, Peggy can’t quite believe the luxuries of her new life – plenty of food, a fine uniform, new friends, and maybe even the chance to fall in love…
But Peggy must keep the truth about her family – and especially, her own past as a handywoman – secret at all times. And when the realities of her life in Belfast – the realities of who she really is – are revealed, will she lose everything she has worked towards?
And will she choose to protect her family, rather than let herself fall in love?
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