Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage – not knowing that the papers she has signed will entitle them to do what they like with the children.
And it is not long before the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them – without their family’s consent or knowledge – are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.
The Throwaway Children is available here.
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First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Castlehaven Boooks
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Contents
Cover
Welcome Page
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
1915
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
2001
Chapter 7
1915
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
2001
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
1916
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
2001
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Epilogue
Preview
The Shot at Dawn Campaign
About The Lost Soldier
Reviews
About Diney Costeloe
Also by Diney Costeloe
An Invitation from the Publisher
Copyright
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