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Orphan sisters / Lola Jaye.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa: Long Preston : Magna, 2018Edition: Large print editionWhakaahuatanga: 432 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780750545891
  • 0750545895
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: Summary: Lana and May are a very long way from home. Their Nigerian parents emigrated to England in search of a better life for the family. London in the 1950s is a great adventure, but not always welcoming. There are signs in windows of lodging houses warning: 'No blacks, no dogs, no Irish'. When tragedy strikes and the girls lose their father, their mother is unable to cope. When she fails to recover from the surprise birth of another child all three girls are sent to an orphanage. Lana is determined to keep her sisters together but when baby Tina gets adopted, she realises the family is about to be torn apart...
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Lana and May are a very long way from home. Their Nigerian parents emigrated to England in search of a better life for the family. London in the 1950s is a great adventure, but not always welcoming. There are signs in windows of lodging houses warning: 'No blacks, no dogs, no Irish'. When tragedy strikes and the girls lose their father, their mother is unable to cope. When she fails to recover from the surprise birth of another child all three girls are sent to an orphanage. Lana is determined to keep her sisters together but when baby Tina gets adopted, she realises the family is about to be torn apart...

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