A Casualty of Grace [British Home Child historical fiction]

By Lisa Brown

This book is historical fiction based on a persons who emigrated to Canada as a British Home Children.

A Casualty of Grace is the story of two brothers who become British home children and end up in living in Waterdown, Ontario in the late 1800s.  It is a well-researched tale of of the contrasting experiences that two brothers living in the same home experience.  It dramatically describes a sad part of Canadian and British history when many children ended up working as indentured help and suffered abuse at the hands of adults.

Like too many home children, Oliver and Simon had many challenges and hardships through their childhood.  Despite this difficulty, the novel ends with a peaceful epilogue. This final chapter describes a day in 1925 when Oliver’s family is celebrating together. Despite the loss, abuse and days of toiling on the farm, there is a happy ending for the brothers.

249 pages, 6x9" paperback
ISBN 978-09949321-2-9 Lisa Brown Books, Carlisle, Ontario