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001			15942695
003			OSt
005			20170712142036.0
008			150512s2015 enkh 000 f eng
020			_a9781784970024 (paperback)
020			_a1784970026 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)908699510
035			_a(OCoLC)15942695
035			_a15942695
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn908699510
040			_aAU@ _beng _cAU@ _dOCoLC
082	0	4	_a823.92 _222
100			_921815 _aCosteloe, Diney, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe throwaway children / _cDiney Costeloe.
300			_a489 pages ; _c23 cm.
520			_aGritty, heartrending and unputdownable - the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War 2. Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage - not knowing that the papers she has signed will entitle them to do what they like with the children. And it is not long before the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them - without their family's consent or knowledge - are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.
650		0	_aSisters _vFiction. _9677
650		0	_aOrphans _zAustralia _vFiction.
650		0	_aOrphans _zGreat Britain _vFiction. _98640
650		0	_aChildren _xInstitutional care _vFiction. _97113
650		0	_aImmigrant children _zAustralia _vFiction.
650		0	_aImmigrant children _zGreat Britain _vFiction.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xEmigration and immigration _vFiction.
651		0	_aAustralia _xEmigration and immigration _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd
942			_2ddc _cFIC
999			_c34235 _d34235