Far From Home: The sisters of Street Child (Street Child)

Berlie Doherty

Jan 2015 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

The sisters of STREET CHILD tell their story...

A companion novel to bestselling story of Victorian orphan Jim Jarvis based on the founding of Dr Barnardo’s homes for children.

When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now for the first time, the bestselling author of STREET CHILD reveals what happened to his orphaned sisters.

In Victorian London, Lizzie and Emily are left in the care of a cook but their story takes them to the mills of northern England. There, under the keen eyes of the mill owners, the girls are made to work in harsh conditions and any chance of escape is sorely tempting...

An incredible new STREET CHILD story based on the true experiences of Victorian mill girls.

Ratings and reviews

If you read the book street child it will make more sense but this story made me cry the fact is that its a true story and these poor girls were suffering

His sister name are Emily and Lizzie

AMAZING, almost as good as Street Child but very sad

About the author

Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past twenty years, a writer.

Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for ‘Grannie was a Buffer Girl’ in 1987 and for ‘Dear Nobody’ in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.