The orphanage girls come home / Mary Wood.
By: Wood, Mary [author].
Series: Wood, Mary, Orphanage girls: 3.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2024Edition: Large print edition.Description: 378 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750550840.Subject(s): Orphans -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | East End (London, England) -- History -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: London, 1910. When Amy is chosen to be a part of a programme to resettle displaced children in Canada, her life changes overnight. Her great sadness is having to say goodbye to Ruth and Ellen, the friends who became family to her during the dark days at the orphanage. As she steps on board the ship, the promise of a new life lies ahead. But during the long crossing, Amy discovers a terrifying secret. Canada, 1919. As the decades pass, Amy's Canadian experience is far from the life she imagined. She always keeps Ruth's address to hand, longing to return to London and reunite with her dear friends. With the world at war, it seems an impossible dream. Separated from her loved ones by the ocean, will Amy the orphanage girl ever come home?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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London, 1910. When Amy is chosen to be a part of a programme to resettle displaced children in Canada, her life changes overnight. Her great sadness is having to say goodbye to Ruth and Ellen, the friends who became family to her during the dark days at the orphanage. As she steps on board the ship, the promise of a new life lies ahead. But during the long crossing, Amy discovers a terrifying secret. Canada, 1919. As the decades pass, Amy's Canadian experience is far from the life she imagined. She always keeps Ruth's address to hand, longing to return to London and reunite with her dear friends. With the world at war, it seems an impossible dream. Separated from her loved ones by the ocean, will Amy the orphanage girl ever come home?
Adult.