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THE HOME CHILD - LIZ BERRY GEBUNDEN

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 McMillan  author of physical 'Only Liz Berry
could write such raw and staggeringly beautiful poems' Fiona Benson  author of Vertigo & Ghost

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