The Runaway Daughter

Since Betty’s husband has been sent to Australia she is very protective of her children but when the local counsel says it could find her daughter a service placement and insinuate if she doesn’t take it they will cut off any funding they’ve been giving her. Reluctantly she sent her daughter Lydia o......more

This is the 3rd book of the series. As it can be read alone, I was glad I had read the first two. An incredible story of a strong family bond, even as they struggle. They are faced with separations, surviving cold harsh winters, with little food, little heat and little money. Could you survive? Lydia......more

I have just finished reading this book, I really found it interesting, so sad Lydia was sent away to a mill, and the struggle Betty had, begging for help, it was a relief to hear that her husband wanted them all to go to New South Wales, and Lydia being on a race against time to get to the ship to g......more

Loved the last book in this series When I requested this book I hadn’t realised it was the 3rd in a series, quickly ordered the other two from my library and enjoyed them all. They are based on actual records from the Luddite sentencing and men being transported. Well worth reading the series. Such a......more