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*WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE - BOOK OF THE YEAR* *WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR POETRY*
'A profound act of witness to a long injustice, and a beautifully crafted conjuring of a life lived as truly as possible' Guardian 'Book of the Day' 'Ground-breaking' Benjamin Zephaniah 'Exquisite' Hannah Lowe, author of The Kids
'Home's not a place, you must believe this, but one who names you and means beloved.'
In 1908, Eliza Showell, twelve years old and newly orphaned, boards a ship that will carry her from the slums of the Black Country to rural Nova Scotia. She will never return to Britain or see her family again. She is a Home Child, one of thousands of British children sent to Canada to work as indentured farm laborers and domestic servants.
In Nova Scotia, Eliza's world becomes a place where ordinary things are transfigured into treasures - a red ribbon, the feel of a foal's mane, the sound of her name on someone else's lips. With nothing to call her own, the wild beauty of Cape Breton is the only solace Eliza has - until another Home Child, a boy, comes to the farm and changes everything.
Inspired by the true story of Liz Berry's great aunt, this spellbinding novel in verse is an exquisite portrait of a girl far from home.
'A haunting, deeply compelling narrative' Andrew McMillan, author of physical
'Only Liz Berry could write such raw and staggeringly beautiful poems' Fiona Benson, author of Vertigo & Ghost
- Autor/a Elizabeth Siberry
- ISBN13 9781529937817
- ISBN10 1529937817
- Pàgines 128
- Any Edició 2024
- Fecha de publicación 04/04/2024
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Home Child (Alemany, Francès)
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- Elizabeth Siberry
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- Penguin Random House Children's UK (2024)
- 9781529937817



