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The Forgotten Home Child
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, James Langton
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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 97 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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- LH
- 2021-02-02
Fascinating and well written
The characters came alive for me. I experienced the tears, the love, the horrors. As a Canadian it makes me very sad that any were mistreated.
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- Alexis Hester
- 2021-01-30
Wow what a powerful story
I absolutely loved this book. A magnificent story that stirred so many emotions. I was previously unaware of the home children from England. A definite must read for all.
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- Quilter gal
- 2022-07-15
Touching
A great book. Not a fan of the female narrator but that is just my personal dislike. After a while I got used to her. It was a very emotional "read" for me.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-06-22
To many things are forgotten in Canada
I enjoyed the book. I hated the people, that hurt the young children , something that should not happened. Some things are still happening today, and maybe just everyone who is hurt should tell,
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- Tracey
- 2022-05-15
A tribute to Canada's Forgotten History
Incredible book start to finish. Although the characters were fictional their stories were based and hidden truth.
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- V. in alberta
- 2022-03-20
Canadian Historical Fiction
I enjoyed this listen. We knew of children being sent to Canada from England to avoid bombing during WW2 but this shows a little-known side of Canadian history.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-02-17
Touching!
From the first chapter to the last word, this book was captivating. I loved the different narrators in chapters lending their voice to the characters. Not only was this book intriguing, it was also full of historic truths. Hearing these stories only helps to understand the plight of my grandfather and why he never spoke of his childhood.
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- Gail Jordan
- 2021-11-30
beautifully told Canadian history
I am inspired to learn more and keep this history alive. I will share this ancestry with my children.
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- Annie Brenner
- 2021-08-30
loved it
it was well narrated and the characters were well developed. it is a sad part of Canada's history. This and many other details of Canada's past...history that defines what Canada is...needs to be brought into classrooms from coast to coast.
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- Janice Alcock
- 2021-07-03
Thank You
I am wishing to thank you for enlightening myself to a part of history that was never talked about. Unlike our history of enslaving Blacks and War, we never heard of these truths that shaped so many lives. Like the newly findings of all the unmarked graves of indigenous children from Residential Schools, these Home Children lives were impacted and it was something never talked about. How many more lives that we don’t know how they suffered will we learn about? Makes me question what will be found out in another 100 years of the mistreatment of humans lives will be uncovered.
A must read/listen to!!
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- Kindle Customer
- 2020-04-13
Great Story
What an amazingly informative story based on true real life history. I never lost interest the whole time. The writer also did not leave any questions unanswered at the end yeah! I hate it when they leave you hanging.
The narrator was amazing as well. She never made me think about her being different voices at all. Some times it is so hard to get through a book because the narrator is so bad or dramatic about having to be the voice of so many characters. This narrator made the whole story flow.
P.S. You will cry.......
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- Kelly
- 2020-07-29
a moving story about a true bit of history
This book took a hold of my heart and wrenched all of the sorrow out of it. I found myself attached to his characters and I now miss them. As an American I knew nothing about "home children" - if that is you too, I highly recommend a quick read of the wikipedia article to fill in your knowledge of this true story. It brought to mind the stories from my childhood that came from the grandma of kids I knew -- a woman who was a tiny girl sent west on the orphan trains here in the US.
In 1936 a young girl named Winny has run away from an abusive stepfather and is living on the streets of Liverpool, where she meets siblings Jack and Mary. They are force to steal food to live and one day they are caught. The two girls are sent to an orphanage for girls and Jack is sent elsewhere. Soon Winny learns that she is being sent to Canada to work. Mary and Jack go as well, but they are separated.
Winny's home life in Canada is harsh and difficult but she maintains hope that she will eventually be free to rejoin her friends. Unfortunately things are much worse for Mary, and they lose track of Jack.
In 2018 Winnifred (Winny) is now ninety-seven years old and is telling the story of her life to her grandson. She shares her shame over her status as a home child and tells the story about her reunion with Jack -- who would become her husband. This part of the story is lovely and sweet because her grandson is able to learn so much from her and also help her know more about all the other children brought to Canada. She found herself realizing that there was no need to feel shame. He helped her resolve the emotional burdens by talking to him, and he was able to love and respect her even more for her resilience.
This is a story of love, survival and pliancy, family, found family, and hope. I am certain to reread this one someday.
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- Kristen Hudson
- 2020-10-15
Wonderful story of a forgotten history.
Recently I had heard about British Home Children. I saw this book in the book store and though the description sounded good. I bought it on Audible and really enjoyed the story.
The author states she only heard about British Home Children through reading an article in her newspaper. The story feels as if she grew up with these stories, not read them. She did amazing research.
The narrators did a wonderful job, especially Alana Kerr Collins as she switches between an English, Irish, and Canadian accent flawlessly.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who’s looking for history on a hidden past written in an easy to follow, entertaining format. The story continued to draw me with each new chapter. I really didn’t want it to end.
As an American (US) right now, I hear so much about social justice and reparations for one group of people. This bothers me as everyone has had hardships culturally. This story really brings to light the not so perfect life a whole group of people, and children at that, suffered through from a country all Americans (US) threaten to move to when they don’t like what the US is doing.
Life is not always greener on the other side.
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- Dorothy
- 2020-06-14
Must-read book for Canadians
Painful and heartbreaking... I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't listening to Roots. As a Canadian, I naively believed that these sorts of horror-stories only happened in other countries. It's unbelievable that this happened here, and even more unbelievable that most Canadians have never heard of it.
Of course, this is historical fiction, but as the author explains at the end of the novel, all of the characters and incidents are based on true stories collected from the descendants of home-school children.
A national tragedy... and a riveting story. I couldn't stop listening.
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- Carrie A. Turansky
- 2020-05-31
History Comes Alive
This is historical fiction at its best, bringing the British Home Child emigration scheme to the forefront. Heart-tugging, realistic, and well written.
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- Donna
- 2020-07-24
Loved it!
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- Marie B.
- 2020-06-06
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- A concerned consumer
- 2020-06-01
very good book
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A beautiful story about a grandmother’s life
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