An Orphan’s Wish
An Orphan’s Wish is the third book in this series set in World War II in Liverpool and around Bingham Hall, a Dr. Barnardo’s Home just outside Liverpool. In this story Lana, who has lost her fiancé in a torpedoed merchant shipwreck in the Atlantic, moves from her home in Yorkshire to take up the temporary post of headmistress at the local village school. Here she comes into contact with the Barnardo’s orphanage and the children who live there. Life does not all go smoothly, and when the original headmaster is able to return Lana is forced to look for work elsewhere. She finds it in the orphanage.
These stories are well written but, although set in 1943 in an area much affected by the war, there is little to connect it. It is more to do with the problems of the children and could happen any time anywhere. However, the characterisation is good, and one feels for the children. I enjoyed it.
