Berry, Liz: The Home Child

Vintage, paperback Publication Date: September 24th, 2024 Publisher Marketing: 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 laborers and domestic servants. In Nova Scotia, Eliza's world becomes a place where ordi