Christmas Child

Name: Christmas Child
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Carol Rivers
ISBN: 9781788894739

Author: Carol Rivers

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Story Sound

Published: 11/01/2020

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

It’s Christmas 1880 in London’s East End and a dying Irish girl leaves her baby in the care of the Sisters of Clemency. The nuns raise little Ettie O’Reilly as their own. But the lives of the nuns and orphans are soon crushed by an unexpected turn of events. Ettie is at her lowest ebb when she is betrayed by the boy who has promised his undying love and loyalty. She is faced with the revelation of a heart-wrenching secret.

About Carol Rivers

Mother-of-three Carol Rivers, whose family comes from the Isle of Dogs, East London, now lives in Dorset. Visit www.carolrivers.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @carol_rivers

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary

Unexpected There was quite a bit more drama and hardship than I had expected in this book. If I had been unable to read it all in one day I may have been tempted to give up amidst all the sorrow and loss that the main character endured. I was glad for a positive ending, but it was so brief and had so......more

Goodreads review by Devon

Interesting... This book ended up being more interesting than I expected. Lots of twists and turns that kept me wanting to know what would happen next. The writing was fairly simple, nothing overly extravagant... but the story definitely kept my attention.......more