Gritty, heartrending and unputdownable – the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War II.
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.
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- ISBN10 1784970018
- ISBN13 9781784970017
- Publish Date 7 May 2015 (first published 10 April 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 December 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Head of Zeus
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English