• A Place to Call Home

  • Shilling Grange Children’s Home, Book 2
  • By: Lizzie Page
  • Narrated by: Emily Barber
  • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (47 ratings)

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A Place to Call Home

By: Lizzie Page
Narrated by: Emily Barber
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Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1949. She would do anything to protect the innocent children in her care. But soon, they could be sent into danger....

When Clara Newton’s fiancé died during World War Two, she thought her life was over. But now, she looks after orphans who, like her, lost everything during the war. Children like sweet little Peg, who won’t speak, and Joyce, whose body was scarred by polio. Clara loves them all dearly, even though life as a housemother can be lonely - especially now that Ivor, a D-Day war hero with dark brown eyes and who once helped with the children, has disappeared....

But then, Clara receives some terrible news. The orphanage is going to be sold and the children sent far away. Joyce and Peg will be taken to a notorious home for disabled children. The others will be sent to Australia, where Clara fears they will be mistreated by unknown families. Any day now, the children could lose everything she worked so hard to provide....

With wealthy buyers lined up to purchase Shilling Grange and a ship already docked waiting to carry the children away, Clara is desperate. She must find loving new homes for them quickly, but time is running out.... Can she save the orphans, before they lose everything, all over again? And even if Ivor returns when she needs him the most, will it be too late?

A completely heart-wrenching and unforgettable historical novel, set after the devastation of World War Two. Perfect for fans of Before We Were Yours, Diney Costeloe, and The Orphan Sisters.

©2022 Lizzie Page (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

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Ivor and Clara

I loved the first 2 books , this one seemed like they were just squeezing out another book. I feel like Clara was very needy and bitter , that was not the Clara from the original book.

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Love of the children

I love the story and the children, and especially Miss Newton and Ivor and the love they have for all the children

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Loved it

I get confused with all the characters but I love that there are so many. Peg is my favorite of course. I was hoping that Iva and ‘house mom’ would marry. Maybe next book🥲 still it was amazing and great entertainment for my many hours driving. Tam

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Love these stories however


I did not like the character arc of Clara in this volume. Though standing on her on in this 2nd book, she seemed much more wishy-washy, paranoid and unable to make strident decisions. Clara has a long way to go to grow up for an adult. She is stunned into immobility on at least one or two occasions that in the first book she would have put herself in danger to benefit one of the children. I still loved the story and recommend, perhaps there will be another book in the series I would like to see how the characters do with their new situations. I would like to follow the main Children as they come of age.




***********May contain spoiler hints ********* By the last 10 chapters it was difficult for me to relate to Clara's decisions that continued to be based on fear, paranoia, her lack of confidence and ability to communicate with adults when she is passionate about a cause. Also her pride, self-defeating attitude determining that she cannot do something even though she hadn't tried before. These very blinders and stubborn thought patterns that may prevent her from what she wants most.

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