The throwaway children
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Head of Zeus,
2015.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 489 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781784970031 1784970034 |
| Author Notes: | Diney Costeloe was born in London and grew up with a love for writing, She wrote her first book, Tom's Party, at the age of five. She continued writing stories and poems throughout her childhood. When she finished college as a primary school teacher, she started to write stories and articles which were often published in magazines and newspapers. Her manuscript, The Slopes of Love , was the first to get published. She went on to write nine more romances. Her book titles include: The Ashgrove, Death's Dark Vale, Evil on the Wind, and The Lost Soldier. (Bowker Author Biography) |
