EAN: 9781784742683

Bilder-Quelle: discount24.de - Sport-Freizeit

Inspired by a true story a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home. From award-winning poet Liz Berry.*WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE - BOOK OF THE YEAR**WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR POETRY* 'A profound act of witness to a long injustice and a beautifully crafted conjuring of a life lived as truly as possible' Guardian 'Book of the Day' 'Ground-breaking' Benjamin Zephaniah'Exquisite' Hannah Lowe author of The Kids 'Home's not a place you must believe this but one who names you and means beloved.' In 1908 Eliza Showell twelve years old and newly orphaned boards a ship that will carry her from the slums of the Black Country to rural Nova Scotia. She will never return to Britain or see her family again. She is a Home Child one of thousands of British children sent to Canada to work as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants. In Nova Scotia Eliza's world becomes a place where ordinary things are transfigured into treasures - a red ribbon the feel of a foal's mane the sound of her name on someone else's lips. With nothing to call her own the wild beauty of Cape Breton is the only solace Eliza has - until another Home Child a boy comes to the farm and changes everything. Inspired by the true story of Liz Berry's great aunt this spellbinding novel in verse is an exquisite portrait of a girl far from home. 'Vivid compassionate and makes Eliza Showell's voice heard at last' Financial Times *Best Poetry Books of summer 2023*'A haunting deeply compelling narrative' Andrew McMillan author of physical 'Only Liz Berry could write such raw and staggeringly beautiful poems' Fiona Benson author of Vertigo & Ghost

Produktinformationen zuletzt aktualisiert am
17.11.2025 um 19:38 Uhr

Produktzustand:

Verfügbarkeit:

Versandkosten:

Sonderpreis: