An Orphan's Dream

After Jemima Jenkins's Pa passes away, she is determined to get back on her feet and open a school for poor children, despite the challenges she faces as a young, female orphan in Victorian Liverpool. Jemima soon uncovers shocking secrets about her past. Will they jeopardise her only chance at finding happiness?

About the author

Judy Summers is an avid reader, historian and mother of three. Her forebears - some of whom probably entered England via Liverpool in the Victorian era - were miners, labourers and domestic servants. She finds these lives far more interesting than those of the upper classes. Judy lives in the English countryside with her family, and is a keen baker and gardener.

Summary

After Jemima Jenkins's Pa passes away, she is determined to get back on her feet and open a school for poor children, despite the challenges she faces as a young, female orphan in Victorian Liverpool. Jemima soon uncovers shocking secrets about her past. Will they jeopardise her only chance at finding happiness?

Product details

• Authors: Judy Summers
• Publisher: Headline Book
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2025
• EAN: 9781035421213
• ISBN: 978-1-0354-2121-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: The Shaw Family in Liverpool
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Romance / General, Sagas, Historical romance, Liverpool, Historical fiction, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Victorian, c 1800 to c 1900, Family life fiction, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary