The Rag Nymph

This book was delivered very promptly after ordering. The book was very good I enjoy all C Cookson's books. It was in excellent condition.

This book takes place in England in the eighteen-fifties and sixties. It is about a well brought up little girl named Millie whose father "died" and whose mother was forced into prostitution. One day a rag seller Raggie Aggie was on her way home when the mother pushed the waif towards her and ran, being followed, presumabley, by the police, or polis. She reluctantly takes the aggravatingly polite little girl to her home, a use to be farm house, now surrounded by slums. A stunted young man, Ben, who she took in when he was very small lives in the back. Ben takes a liking to Millie and convinces Aggie to keep her until her mother gets out of jail. But unfortunetly a pimp pays her bail and she is taken to the brothel where she proceeds to hang herself. Aggie adopts the girl, grumbling the entire time about it. But both Aggie and Ben fear for little Millies safety after the pimp who took her mother takes an interest in the girl. So the girl is sheltered and she grows up and longs to find hapiness and the truth. She finds the truth and she doesn't like it. A great story with likable characters and a surprising plot. It was made into a very good mini series on the romance channel, which sparked my interest. Eli@