UPDATE: The Scavenger Hunt is over! The winner of my ARC of Ever Faithful is Grace, whose email starts with “ReadingBee.” Congratulations, Grace! I’ll be contacting you shortly. To see the grand prize winners, check out the list here.
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I’m excited to introduce Carrie Turansky! I’ve met Carrie several times and even had the joy of dining with her at an event in St. Louis a few years ago. She’s delightful in person and her talent shines on the page. I CAN’T WAIT to read this next novel.
Here is a quick description of No Ocean Too Wide.
In this English historical novel, the three youngest McAllister children are sent to Canada without their mother’s knowledge or permission to become indentured workers and domestic servants. The oldest McAllister sister follows them across the Atlantic, determined to find them and reunite the family. When her efforts are blocked by officials, she teams up with a young lawyer who is investigating child emigration for the British government. Based on actual events, this inspiring story will open your eyes and heart to the painful journey taken by more than 100,000 children who traveled to Canada as British Home Children.
Who Were the British Home Children?
By Carrie Turansky
Many people are familiar with the Orphan Trains that took impoverished children from large cities in the East to live with families in small towns and on farms in the Midwest. But did you know that during that same time period more than 100,000 poor and orphaned British children were sent from England to Canada as British Home Children? This child emigration scheme was carried out to clear the streets, children’s homes, and workhouses of orphaned and abandoned children. They were promised a better life in Canada, but sadly that was not the case for all of them.
When I researched child emigration and read true accounts of what happened to the British Home Children I was deeply touched, and I knew I needed to share their experiences and honor their memory.
Most of these children were not adopted and welcomed into families. Instead, the boys were taken in as indentured farm laborers and the girls worked as household servants called domestics, even at very young ages. Those who took them in simply filled out a form and paid a small fee. There was little screening and often no follow up. Because of this, and prevailing attitudes of the time, many of these children suffered neglect and mistreatment. They also suffered the pain of rejection and felt like outcasts and misfits because of social prejudice against home children.
My next novel, No Ocean Too Wide, weaves actual accounts of what happened to British Home Children into the fictional McAlister family. When their widowed mother becomes seriously ill, three of the four children area taken into a children’s home and soon sent to Canada without their mother’s knowledge or permission. The oldest sibling, Laura, searches for them, following them all the way to Canada to try and rescue the children and reunite the family. She soon realizes she needs the legal help of a wealthy young solicitor, and the two join forces to confront the injustice of child emigration. I hope you’ll enjoy reading No Ocean Too Wide when it releases in June.
Have you ever heard of child emigration and British Home Children? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Carrie Turansky is an award-winning author of more than twenty inspirational romance novels set in Edwardian England and the US. She loves weaving heartwarming tales about family, faith, and lasting love. Her novels have been translated into several foreign languages and enjoyed by readers around the world. Carrie enjoys connecting with reading friends on social media and through her website and blog: carrieturansky.com.
Here’s the Stop #3 Skinny:
You can pre-order Carrie’s book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CBD or at your local bookstore!
Clue to Write Down: we do
Link to Stop #4, the Next Stop on the Loop: Carrie Turansky’s own site!
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