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The Throwaway Children

Written by: Diney Costeloe
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage, not knowing that the papers she has signed will entitle them to do what they like with the children. And it is not long before the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them - without their family's consent or knowledge - are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.

©2016 Diney Costeloe (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Tearjerking
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This novel jad me jooked from the get go. This is such a profound story and the evolution of characters is on point and makes us feel like we are growing alongside each of them. amazing read.

Masterpiece

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Narrator was perfect. She really brought the characters to life.
The story kept me engaged. I listened ever chance I had!

Great listen

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A very sad story about how life was really like for misfortune children..well read

Wonderful story

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love it but bawled during most of the book.
a tragic end for many of the main characters 😢

heart wrenching

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Even though my feelings of sorrowful emotion felt for how these children that were treated in such a cavelier way, I could not put the book down.

I cried.... for these poor children .... well written, well narrated.

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