The Home Child
(By Liz Berry)
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'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 labourers 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. ' Vivid, compassionate and makes Eliza Showell's voice heard at last ' Financial Times *Best Poetry Books of summer 2023* '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”
