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The Orphans of Halfpenny Street

Children's Home, Book 1

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The Orphans of Halfpenny Street

By: Cathy Sharp
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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Call the Midwife meets Dr Barnardo’s in this gritty drama that will appeal to fans of Katie Flynn. St Saviour’s will never turn a homeless child away…

When there is nowhere else to turn, St Saviour’s will give them hope…

It’s 1947 and London’s East End is still a bombed-out landscape. Sister Beatrice, who runs the St Saviour’s Children’s Home, knows that life is still a precarious existence for many children and it seems that there is no end to the constant stream of waifs and strays who appear at their door looking for a safe haven.
One such arrival is Mary Ellen whose mother is gravely ill. The one silver lining is her best friend, the tearaway Billy Baggins, also a resident of the home, but Billy seems intent on falling foul of Sister Beatrice’s strict regime.
New arrival on the staff, Angela, admires Sister Beatrice, but can see that the children need love and kindness as well as a strong hand. When an unwelcome face from Billy’s past arrives on the scene, things are brought to a head. Can the two women work together to keep Billy on the straight and narrow – or is it too late?

©2015 Cathy Sharp (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Urban

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Lovely book, can't wait to start the next one, I laughed and cried. Well done.

Brilliant

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Great story but I didn't like the narrator much.
I think I'll read the authors books in the future unless different narrator.

Good story

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I thought this book very different, it involved adults & children. Both were described very well telling of their thoughts & dreams. It covered a whole host of topics from happy to sad all was very well written whether it was from the point of view of the adults or the children. A good book all round especially for readers who prefer vintage drama.

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I found it was a book that kept me hooked from beginning to end really believable

I really enjoyed it great storyline

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a sad and moving story.
lovely storyline.
a happy story with interesting twists and turn.
enjoyable and entertaining.

excellent

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Loved it and its simplicity. Lovely story and a bit of social history as well.

Library story

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Very good book lots going on but all the people had their own lives but this did not stop the writer . Very good to Listen too

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love it could not put it down a good read and a good cry too

a very good book to read on the beach or On plane

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Good book, but the narrator was rather stilted and at times the characters seemed to say things that were not really required , repeating information etc.

Narrator not to my liking

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