Random Home presents the audiobook edition of The Orphans of Ardwick by Emma Hornby, browse by Julia Franklin.

After a cold, hard winter around the streets, three orphan children are about to quit hope when an unexpected turn of events brings these to the doorstep of a grand house in Ardwick, Manchester.

Taken in from the firm but kind-hearted cook, the youthful friends can barely believe their luck. But behind Bracken House’s amazing façade lies a household steeped in problems and mystery, with about The Orphans of Ardwick citizens above and below stairs battling their own demons and dark secrets.

Not many people are happy about the brand new arrivals, and soon the orphans’ safety is in danger. If they desire to stay in the first home some of them have known for a long time, they must unravel the past and bring hope to the future. Can they be successful? Or will they come to regret ever leaving the mean slum streets they once called home?

Emma Hornby’s page-turning, absorbing sagas will tug at the heartstrings. Enthusiasts of Dilly Courtroom, Rosie Goodwin and Maggie Hope will like Emma Hornby.

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