The Home for Unwanted Girls meets Orphan Train in this unforgettable novel about a young girl caught in a scheme to rid England's streets of destitute children, and the lengths she will go to find her way home--based on the true story of the British Home Children. 2018 At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left, and it is almost a relief to realize that once she is gone, the truth about her shameful past will die with her. But when her great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of ...
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The Home for Unwanted Girls meets Orphan Train in this unforgettable novel about a young girl caught in a scheme to rid England's streets of destitute children, and the lengths she will go to find her way home--based on the true story of the British Home Children. 2018 At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left, and it is almost a relief to realize that once she is gone, the truth about her shameful past will die with her. But when her great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her dear late husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can't lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago... 1936 Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real home. After running away from an abusive stepfather, she falls in with Mary, Jack, and their ragtag group of friends roaming the streets of Liverpool. When the children are caught stealing food, Winny and Mary are left in Dr. Barnardo's Barkingside Home for Girls, a local home for orphans and forgotten children found in the city's slums. At Barkingside, Winny learns she will soon join other boys and girls in a faraway place called Canada, where families and better lives await them. But Winny's hopes are dashed when she is separated from her friends and sent to live with a family that has no use for another daughter. Instead, they have paid for an indentured servant to work on their farm. Faced with this harsh new reality, Winny clings to the belief that she will someday find her friends again. Inspired by true events, The Forgotten Home Child is a moving and heartbreaking novel about place, belonging, and family--the one we make for ourselves and its enduring power to draw us home.
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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.
