Berry Liz - The Home Child - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Inspired by a true story a beautiful novel - in - verse about a child far from home. From award - winning poet Liz Berry.* 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 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 Mc Millan author of physical Only Liz Berry could write such raw and staggeringly beautiful poems Fiona Benson author of Vertigo & Ghost
Title: The Home Child
Author(s): Berry Liz
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Barcode: 9781784742683
Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/2023
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets