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Plaid Raccoon Press is pleased to announce the publication of
The Home Child by Lynn L. Clark. The novel tells the story of
Jake Hall, a transplanted city dweller who is trying to adjust to the
realities of country life. Jake knows it isn't going to be an easy
transition, and he's prepared for major renovations to the old farm
house he's purchased. But what he hasn't counted on is finding a
former resident still inhabiting the house in spirit form!Synopsis
Set in eastern Ontario, Canada, against the backdrop of a rural town in transition, the novel combines historical detail and the supernatural in the poignant story of a Scottish home child who wants simply to be reunited with the family he lost so many years ago.
Historical Context
Starting in 1869 and continuing to the mid-twentieth century, approximately 100,000 children were sent to Canada from the United Kingdom. Although the majority of the children were from England, approximately 7,000 children came from the Quarrier orphan homes in Scotland. Organized as a mission of mercy, this child migration was supposed to allow poverty-stricken children to have a better life abroad. But only two per cent of the home children were in fact orphans. Separated from their parents and siblings, many of these children were abused and exploited as a source of cheap labour when they came to Canada.
Author Biography
Starting in 1869 and continuing to the mid-twentieth century, approximately 100,000 children were sent to Canada from the United Kingdom. Although the majority of the children were from England, approximately 7,000 children came from the Quarrier orphan homes in Scotland. Organized as a mission of mercy, this child migration was supposed to allow poverty-stricken children to have a better life abroad. But only two per cent of the home children were in fact orphans. Separated from their parents and siblings, many of these children were abused and exploited as a source of cheap labour when they came to Canada.
Lynn L. Clark was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick. She
received her B.A. and M.A. from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova
Scotia. Prior to her retirement in 2011, she worked for the federal
government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She lives in a small town in
eastern Ontario with her husband, crime fiction writer Michael J.
McCann. Lynn is currently working on her second supernatural novel.
Excerpt and Buy Links
To read an excerpt from The Home Child, please click here.
The paperback version is available from Amazon.com or Amazon.ca.
The e-book version for your Amazon Kindle is available at http://www.amazon.com/Home-Child-supernatural-novel-ebook/dp/B00QEBQNPK/.
For all other e-readers and devices, please click here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/497674.
The e-book version for your Amazon Kindle is available at http://www.amazon.com/Home-Child-supernatural-novel-ebook/dp/B00QEBQNPK/.
For all other e-readers and devices, please click here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/497674.
To enter a Goodreads giveaway for this book, please click here.
A Final Note
Now that Lynn has published her first novel of the supernatural, she has agreed to assume full editorial control of Behind the Walls of Nightmare, which will continue to focus on the horror genre, including topics related to my supernatural thriller, The Ghost Man. Meanwhile, I'll be managing The Overnight Bestseller blog on crime fiction, writing, and other adventures.
Lynn also has a new Goodreads blog, Writing in Retirement, which is available at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10057406.Lynn_L_Clark/blog.
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