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    The Throwaway Children

    Written by Diney Costeloe

    Narrated by Anne Dover

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateDec 6, 2016
    ISBN9781520054407
    Author

    Diney Costeloe

    Diney Costeloe is the author of twenty-three novels, several short stories, and many articles and poems. She has three children and seven grandchildren, so when she isn't writing, she's busy with family. She and her husband divide their time between Somerset and West Cork. Find Diney online at dineycosteloe.co.uk, or on Twitter @Dineycost

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    • 4/5
      The throwaway children by Diney Costleloe
      (Scribd autobook) this book follows the plight sisters whose mother in England was tricked into signing over custodial rights to Them by a social worker and sent to an orphange nearby. Them without even notifying their family they were sent on to an orphanage in Australia. There the sisters were separated. The youngest Rosie put in with a brutal adoptive family and Rita remained on the farm that served as their orphanage. Their story is sometimes very heartbreaking and the sisters represent the lives of orphans who were in actual fact taken from their home countries and shipped on to other countries for supposedly a New start but for many years of abuse abd basically slave labor. Very horrible situation and one seldom recognized in our history. Well written. Would recommend to anyone wanting to read a good story.
    • 4/5
      sad book but really enjoyable. At first I wasn't going to read it because of the way the children were thrown away, basically, but so glad I read it. Looking forward to more Dinner Costeloe books.
    • 5/5
      Really liked this book, loved the character development and detail. I liked that the author really captured the time period. This was truly a tear jerker, sad tears and happy ones :) The book kept my interest from beginning to end. Loved it!

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