{"product_id":"9781035015207-orphans-of-liverpool-lane","title":"The Orphans from  Liverpool Lane","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeft behind by her family, Marcia is sent to an orphanage – dreaming of one day finding a true home of her own. \u003ci\u003eThe Orphans of Liverpool Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartfelt wartime saga from Eliza Morton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA warm yet gritty saga set in Liverpool, \u003ci\u003eThe Orphans from Liverpool Lane \u003c\/i\u003eis a heartfelt story from Eliza Morton, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAngel of Liverpool\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll she wants is to go home .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1944, Liverpool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcia is only twelve years old the first time she is sent to the orphanage with her older sister, Cynthia. With their father in a POW camp in Singapore, her mother is struggling to cope and hands them over to the nuns to be 'orphans of the living' - a harsh term for those children with living parents, whose families have abandoned them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThings look up when their father finally returns and the girls are allowed home, but it's clear the years in the camp have taken their toll on the sweet man Marcia barely remembers - and the family disintegrates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCynthia finds an escape with an aunt and her ambitions to be a dancer. But Marcia is sent back to the orphanage. And while she finds friends among her fellow 'orphans', it is no substitute for the family she so desperately craves .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40882477989985,"sku":"9781035015207","price":7.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27178942.jpg?v=1721557625","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035015207-orphans-of-liverpool-lane","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}