145 x 210 mm, 181 pages, Black and white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2021

This is a story of family, love and loss in nineteenth-century Glasgow, but ultimately it is one of hope. The novel tells the story of 8 year-old Jane, daughter of poor incomers to Glasgow in search of a better life. Orphaned, Jane is put in the care of a Children's Home. She still has siblings, and we learn of their struggles with poverty; their trauma at separation; Jane's experiences in care and the different paths her siblings were forced to follow. Caught up in the drastic measures taken by well-meaning philanthropists to tackle child destitution, Jane's life changes forever, compelling the reader to question the rights and wrongs of nineteenth-century Christian charity.

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