Maggie May - Hardcover

Maggie May, born into the slums of Liverpool at the end of Queen Victoria's reign, had more difficulties to cope with in her life than most: a drunken father, who hated her for not being a boy; the early death of her gentle mother; and the grinding poverty of their lives. But most of all she had to endure the shame and insults heaped upon her by her name, given to her in a moment of spite by her vindictive father - the name of the city's most notorious prostitute, immortalized in song and legend.