The Sixpenny Orphan

The Sixpenny Orphan

By Glenda Young

Genre:-Historical Fiction/Saga/Romance

Pages:-352

Blurb:-"Please, sir, take us both. We only have each other. We don't know how to live apart."

 After the death of their parents, sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whilst they have a roof over their heads, the young orphans are unloved, unwanted, and always hungry, with only one pair of boots between them. Keen to make money, Nellie hatches a plan to sell the girls to the mysterious Mr Scurrfield. But when the day comes for them to leave, Scurrfield reveals he will take only one of the sisters-and he will decide which it will be on the turn of a sixpence.

 Ten years later, Poppy is married with three children. Not a day goes by when she doesn't think about Rose, but after many years of searching, Poppy has accepted that her sister is lost to her,

That is until a letter suddenly arrives, revealing Rose's fate and breaking Poppy's heart. Determined to be reunited with her beloved sister, Poppy sets out to bring Rose home.

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My Review:-📘📗🕮I had the pleasure to get my booked signed by Glenda as my son meet her, and what a lovely woman she is. This is my first book I've read by Glenda, but it won't be my list.

 Poppy and Rose's father died in the pit and her mother was found on the beach dead, the locals say she died of a broken heart. Poppy and Rose are took in by Nellie Harper, but it's not a easy life for them. Poppy and Rose only have each other and that's the way they what it to stay. At night one of the girls sleeps while one has to stay awake so she can wake Nellie when the church bell rings 3 times, as Nellie in a 'knocker upper' she wakes the men up to do their shift down the pit. The girl that sleeps goes to school, as they both can't go as they only have one pair of boots between them. Poppy knows something is up as Nellie has been different towards her but she's not sure what, all she knows is Nellie has had 3 letters. Poppy finds one of the letters and there's only one person she knows that she can trust to read it and that's Sid. Sid, Poppy and Rose go down to the beach and into a cave to read the letter, but the tide comes in quicker than they thought and they almost die.

I don't want to say anything else as it will spoil the book, but I will say it is emotional at times. 

I have enjoyed this book so much, especially as I knew and been to the place that Glenda spoke about.