"Canada, 2018: At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left. Soon she'll be gone, just like her husband, her daughter, and the many loved ones she's lost over the years, and the story of her shameful past will die with her. When her great grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can't lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago. . . England, 1936: Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real home. After running ...
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"Canada, 2018: At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left. Soon she'll be gone, just like her husband, her daughter, and the many loved ones she's lost over the years, and the story of her shameful past will die with her. When her great grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can't lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago. . . England, 1936: Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real home. After running away from an abusive stepfather, she falls in with Mary and Jack and their ragtag group of friends roaming the streets of Liverpool, but when they are caught stealing food, Winny and Mary are placed in Dr. Barnardo's Barkingside Home for Girls, a local home for orphans and forgotten children found in the city's slums. There, Winny learns she will join other boys and girls in a faraway place called Canada, where families eagerly await them. But when they arrive, their dream of a better life is quickly shattered. Winny is separated from Mary and Jack and sent to live with a family who doesn't want another daughter, but an indentured servant to work on their farm. Faced with this harsh new reality, Winny clings to the hope that she will someday find her friends again."--
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Beginning in 1869 and continuing until 1948, over 100,000 destitute British children between the ages of three and eighteen were taken from the streets and orphanages of England and sent to live in Canada. They were known as the British Home Children. While some indeed found a better life living with loving families, many were grossly mistreated and were used as cheap labor. Such was the life of the main characters in The Forgotten Home Child. Genevieve Graham tells their stories with honesty and sensitivity. Although these characters are fictional, they represent the hearts and lives of so many Home Children. Readers who are interested in books about the Orphan Trains and the Tennessee Children's Society will find this book equally interesting. Graham will engage their hearts as well as their minds.
I am grateful to have received a copy of The Forgotten Home Child from Simon and Schuster in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review, and received no monetary compensation.
