Nellie: An Imagined History (fiction chapbook, Little Books Collective, Lunenburg, NS, September 30, 2024)
On the Liverpool docks in 1885, eleven-year-old Nellie says goodbye to her mother forever. She’s bound for Quebec, Canada on the SS Circassian, along with seventy-two other destitute “British Home Children.” NELLIE: An Imagined History is historical fiction written in the sharp, hopeful voice of Nellie as she crosses the Atlantic and takes her first steps in a land both harsh and wondrous.
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