The Crying of The Children

By Peggi Lennard
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Published: Jan. 02, 2013
Words: 103,316 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301404643

Short description

19th century Britain; Joseph Skinner wanted Ellie to disappear and he didn't care where to. He wanted Thomas to rot in the cellar, Little Will to lie silent in the mud, his workers to work harder and his wife to remain sedated in bed, where she could cause no trouble. But his wife fought back. Dr. Taylor helped her. Mandrake Jnr. was always on hand. And Ellie? Well Ellie had quite a journey.

Extended description

It is 1830 and in the slums of Paradise Court there is little help for those who need it most. Rose Skinner, little more than a child herself, is dead, her daughter only hours old. Maggie Skinner takes the baby home, vowing that she will take care of the child - her granddaughter.

Joseph Skinner refuses to allow the child to stay in the house and Maggie, submissive after years of his bullying, must find the strength to stand up to her husband. When she collapses at Rose's funeral, he has the child taken away to Ireland.

Maggie recovers thanks to Dr. Daniel Taylor and, with his support and the help of Mandrake Junior, she begins the search for her granddaughter. (Read more) It is 1830 and in the slums of Paradise Court there is little help for those who need it most. Rose Skinner, little more than a child herself, is dead, her daughter only hours old. Maggie Skinner takes the baby home, vowing that she will take care of the child - her granddaughter.

Joseph Skinner refuses to allow the child to stay in the house and Maggie, submissive after years of his bullying, must find the strength to stand up to her husband. When she collapses at Rose's funeral, he has the child taken away to Ireland.

Maggie recovers thanks to Dr. Daniel Taylor and, with his support and the help of Mandrake Junior, she begins the search for her granddaughter.
She becomes aware of rumours of cruelty, especially to the children, in her husband's factory and is asked by Mandrake to betray him. Reluctant to do so, she visits the factory and becomes concerned at what she sees.

In the workhouse, two children, separated by rules made by those who see poverty as a self inflicted condition, must bear the grief of losing their parents alone, seeing each other only in passing, until the day that the boy, Thomas, is taken by Joseph Skinner and thrown into the cellar that runs the length of the factory.

His sister, Lizzie, finds her own way of dealing with her despair at Thomas's disappearance. Soon she will be old enough for the vile trade into which Edwin Perry, son of the Master, recruits 'his' girls. She will be 13 and headed for the back streets of London. She has no choice - she has to leave. On the coldest night of the year, she walks through the workhouse gates. But she is not alone.

The lives of those who live in the poverty of Paradise Square, the children of the workhouse, the factory children and those who are slowly dying in the cellar, intermingle, drawn together by cirumstance.

Maggie draws strength from new friendships made in unexpected places and stands up to the bullying of her husband while he is determined to punish his wife by punishing those she is trying to help.

As Mandrake and Daniel Taylor fight to save the children, Maggie becomes more and more unsure that her granddaughter will be found. The search moves from Ireland to Liverpool and from Liverpool to much closer to home without any sign of Ellie. When the canal that runs behind the cottage of Bertha Mason is searched, Maggie is sure that the child is dead.

Daniel, becoming fond of Maggie, helps her to understand that she may have to accept that Ellie is not coming home. And, as Maggie faces this possibility, she must also accept that she is about to lose the home she loves as her husband becomes more and more aggressive and Daniel, fearing for her safety, begs her to leave.

But there is one more revelation that Maggie must deal with. There is one more thing she must do, for Rose and for Ellie. Joseph Skinner must be stopped.
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saga, historical 1800s, factory children, industrial britain

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