The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham

A great read and an important one.Ī copy of this book was provided by Simon & Schuster Canadaįor an honest review. Government shipping these children to Canada and the conditions they met when they arrived. I know it was a different time, but it’s heartbreaking to think of U.K. I knew a bit about the Home Children, and this part of Canadian history, but it was a hard read, even if this particular story was fiction. I read the book over a course of a couple of hours. The book flips between present and past as we learn Winny’s story and that of her group of friends. 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 homebased on the true story of the British Paperback 24.99 Kobo ebook 13. “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 promised she made so long ago…” The book starts in present day as we meet 97-year-old Winnifred Ellis who has kept her life a secret from her family. In this novel, Winny, her best friend Mary, Mary’s brother Jack, and their friends are separated from each other and suffer terribly at the hands of their employers.

While some children found great homes, many others didn’t and many died at the hands of the people who bought them for cheap farm labour and domestic help. didn’t want these children, who they considered dirty and diseased, and nor did many of the Canadian families who took them in, treating them like slaves, starving and abusing them. The book shares another terrible time in Canadian history, this time from 1869 to 1930s when more than 100,000 children were shipped from the U.K. Tri-State Demolition Demolition Contractors (901) 277-7441 4288 Genevieve Dr.

Genevieve Graham‘s The Forgotten Home Child ($24.99, Simon & Schuster Canada) was a sad read, but a great one. Home Other Junkyards in Mississippi Tri State Auto Parts in Walls, MS.

The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham