The Throwaway Children Av Diney Costeloe

<b>Gritty, heartrending and unputdownable ¿ the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War II. </b>Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when <b>their widowed mother marries a violent bully</b> called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, <b>she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage</b> ¿ 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 <b>decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia</b>. Among them ¿ without their family''s consent or knowledge ¿ are <b>Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children</b>. <b>What readers are saying about <i>THE THROWAWAY CHILDREN</i>:</b> ''<b>I haven''t felt so immersed in a book in a very long time</b> and have recommended to just about everyone'' ''<b>Heart wrenching</b>'' ''A <b>truly powerful</b>