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The Undertaking of Billy Buffone by David Giuliano

March 14, 2021 by Alison Manley

The Undertaking of Billy Buffone is the story of friendship: the bonds of childhood friends, the betrayal of trusted adults, and the lengths people go to protect and save their loved ones.

Categories Fiction Tags child abuse, grooming, murder, sexual assault

Wounded Hearts: Memories of the Halifax Protestant Orphans’ Home by Lois Legge

November 1, 2020August 11, 2020 by Lisa Timpf

Between 1857 and 1970, thousands of children came to live at the Halifax Protestant Orphan’s Home. Some were children whose parents simply didn’t have the means to care for them any longer; others were orphans who had nowhere else to go.

Categories Atlantic Canada, History, Non-Fiction, Nova Scotia Tags child abuse, children, Halifax, History, orphans

The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham

May 28, 2024January 13, 2020 by Emma Rhodes

In The Forgotten Home Child, Ms. Graham forthrightly tackles the issues surrounding the implementation of the British Home Child program in England and its consequences to the children once they arrived in Canada.

Categories All Very Best! Winners and Nominees, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History Tags abuse, British Home Children, Canadian History, child abuse, historical fiction, romance

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