The Orphanage: An absolutely heartbreaking and unputdownable historical fiction page-turner (Shilling Grange Children’s Home Book 1)

The Orphanage is a heart-wrenching and totally gripping read that will leave you feeling uplifted and with a full heart.

Clara Newton, the new Housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage, is just looking for a place to start again after losing her fiancé in the war.

But the orphans are in desperate need of her help, and Clara can't get anything right.

Will she find the strength to fight for them when nobody else will? With deep brown eyes and a way with the children, Ivor, an ex-Shilling Grange resident and war hero, helps Clara begin to find her way.

As she heals from her grief and adjusts to her new life, Clara wonders if she has finally found her home and family among the orphans.

This book is outstanding, full of love, compassion, and humor, and will make you cry.

Highly recommend!