Faced with this harsh new reality, Winny clings to the belief that she will someday find her friends again. Instead, they have paid for an indentured servant to work on their farm. But Winny's hopes are dashed when she is separated from her friends and sent to live with a family that has no use for another daughter.
At Barkingside, Winny learns she will soon join other boys and girls in a faraway place called Canada, where families and better lives await them. Barnardo's Barkingside Home for Girls, a local home for orphans and forgotten children found in the city's slums. When the children are caught stealing food, Winny and Mary are left in Dr. After running away from an abusive stepfather, she falls in with Mary, Jack, and their ragtag group of friends roaming the streets of Liverpool. 1936 Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real home. But when her great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her dear late husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can't lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago. 018 At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left, and it is almost a relief to realize that once she is gone, the truth about her shameful past will die with her.
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