The Mother and Baby Home

The Mother and Baby Home
Sheila Newberry
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 416pg
12 Nov 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781838771454
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A warm and charming new saga by Sheila Newberry, author of The Nursemaid' s Secret and The Winter Baby. Perfect for fans of Call the Midwife. Sunny grew in the Mother and Baby Home on Grove Lane, London. The daughter of a wartime nurse and a pilot, she was abandoned by her mother shortly after her birth and taken in by Nan, the warm and gentle proprietor of the Mother and Baby Home in which she was born. Never having known her parents, Sunny has always felt like she doesn' t quite fit in, but now at sixteen-years-old, she is ready to find her place in the world. Heading out to start her first job, she finally feels she has some idea of who she wants to be. As 1950s post-war London is changing at a rapid pace, so is Sunny. And when someone from her past returns, Sunny has some tough decisions to make. Decisions that could affect the rest of her life . . . - - - -Praise for Sheila Newberry' The Forget-Me-Not Girl is a drama-packed and emotional saga full of nostalgia, warmth and charm. ' - The Lancashire Post' So gloriously nostalgic . . . a perfect example of her talent. ' - Maureen Lee, bestselling author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool' Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen. ' - Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family
Sheila Newberry was born in Suffolk and spent a lot of time there both before and during the war. She wrote her first ' book' before she was ten - all sixty pages of it - in purple ink. Her family was certainly her inspiration and she was published for most of her adult life. She spent forty years living in Kent with her husband John on a smallholding. She had nine children, twenty-two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Sheila retired back to Suffolk where she lived until her death in 2020.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781838771454
Published: 12 Nov 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Zaffre
Publisher: Zaffre
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 303g
Pages: 416

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