{"product_id":"the-home-child-from-the-forward-prize-winning-author-of-black-country-9781529937817","title":"The Home Child: From the Forward Prize-Winning Author of Black Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by a true story, a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home. From award-winning poet Liz Berry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE - BOOK OF THE YEAR* \u003cbr\u003e *WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR POETRY* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003eprofound act of witness\u003c\/b\u003e to a long injustice, and a \u003cb\u003ebeautifully crafted conjuring of a life lived as truly as possible\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e'Book of the Day'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ground-breaking' Benjamin Zephaniah \u003cbr\u003e 'Exquisite' Hannah Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kids\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eHome's not a place, you must believe this, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut one who names you and means \u003c\/i\u003ebeloved\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1908, Eliza Showell, twelve years old and newly orphaned, boards a ship that will carry her from the slums of the Black Country to rural Nova Scotia. She will never return to Britain or see her family again. She is a Home Child, one of thousands of British children sent to Canada to work as indentured farm laborers and domestic servants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Nova Scotia, Eliza's world becomes a place where ordinary things are transfigured into treasures - a red ribbon, the feel of a foal's mane, the sound of her name on someone else's lips. With nothing to call her own, the wild beauty of Cape Breton is the only solace Eliza has - until another Home Child, a boy, comes to the farm and changes everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by the true story of Liz Berry's great aunt, this spellbinding novel in verse is an exquisite portrait of a girl far from home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA \u003cb\u003ehaunting, deeply compelling\u003c\/b\u003e narrative\u003cb\u003e' Andrew McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003ephysical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eOnly Liz Berry \u003c\/b\u003ecould write such\u003cb\u003e raw and staggeringly beautiful \u003c\/b\u003epoems\u003cb\u003e' Fiona Benson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eVertigo \u0026amp; Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz Berry \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning poet and author of the critically acclaimed collections \u003ci\u003eBlack Country\u003c\/i\u003e (Chatto, 2014); \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e (Chatto, 2018); \u003ci\u003eThe Dereliction\u003c\/i\u003e (Hercules Editions, 2021) a collaboration with artist Tom Hicks; and most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Home Child\u003c\/i\u003e (Chatto, 2023), a novel in verse. Liz's work, described as \"a sooty soaring hymn to her native West Midlands\" (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e), celebrates the landscape, history and dialect of the region. Liz has received the Somerset Maugham Award, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and Forward Prizes. Her poem 'Homing', a love poem for the language of the Black Country, is part of the GCSE English syllabus. Liz is a patron of Writing West Midlands and lives in Birmingham with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183468806418,"sku":"9781529937817","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_263fe80c-2e8b-4cbe-b659-866df9b01f5a.jpg?v=1744467975","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-home-child-from-the-forward-prize-winning-author-of-black-country-9781529937817","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}