Pure as the Lily Author:Catherine Cookson Mary Walton was young, beautiful, innocent and very poor. The daughter of a lower-class English family, she had known nothing but squalor and poverty from the moment of her birth. Tormented by a depraved and wrathful mother, she knew she had to find a way out. And she almost did. With Ben Tollett, Mary caught a glimpse of happiness. For Ben... more » was a man filled with warmth, kindness and love. A love that Mary had never known before. A love that could only lead to shattered innocence and tragedy.« less