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  • A Place to Call Home

  • Shilling Grange Children’s Home, Book 2
  • By: Lizzie Page
  • Narrated by: Emily Barber
  • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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A Place to Call Home

By: Lizzie Page
Narrated by: Emily Barber
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Summary

Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1949. She would do anything to protect the innocent children in her care. But soon, they could be sent into danger....

When Clara Newton’s fiancé died during World War Two, she thought her life was over. But now, she looks after orphans who, like her, lost everything during the war. Children like sweet little Peg, who won’t speak, and Joyce, whose body was scarred by polio. Clara loves them all dearly, even though life as a housemother can be lonely - especially now that Ivor, a D-Day war hero with dark brown eyes and who once helped with the children, has disappeared....

But then, Clara receives some terrible news. The orphanage is going to be sold and the children sent far away. Joyce and Peg will be taken to a notorious home for disabled children. The others will be sent to Australia, where Clara fears they will be mistreated by unknown families. Any day now, the children could lose everything she worked so hard to provide....

With wealthy buyers lined up to purchase Shilling Grange and a ship already docked waiting to carry the children away, Clara is desperate. She must find loving new homes for them quickly, but time is running out.... Can she save the orphans, before they lose everything, all over again? And even if Ivor returns when she needs him the most, will it be too late?

A completely heart-wrenching and unforgettable historical novel, set after the devastation of World War Two. Perfect for fans of Before We Were Yours, Diney Costeloe, and The Orphan Sisters.

©2022 Lizzie Page (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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So much BIG into one little book!

There is so much big stuff in this one little book. Children
are a big responsibility, death is
such a big thing to get our head
around & over, love is big. It makes the big wide world go around. I could go on and on
and it all be in this one little book but that would really spoil
it, I congratulate the author and
the narrator who has a lovely
voice. 5 big stars p.s. This
little book had me in big tears for appro. an hour before and
until the end! 🙏

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