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Horace was 10, Ethel seven, when Jim Cooper, home from the trenches, minus an arm and just about managing on his own, found them huddled in a doorway on a wet night in Walworth. Slightly against his better judgement he took them in, fed them cocoa and put them to sleep in his bed. A few days later he found that - somehow - he had become the unofficial guardian of Horace and Ethel. It was him, the orphanage, or separation for the gutsy little pair who would have to be farmed out to anyone who would take them, and Jim felt a sudden affinity for the two cheeky cockney kids. The first thing he had to do was find fresh lodgings for them all.

Miss Rebecca Pilgrim was a woman of strict Victorian principles, eminently respectable, and determined to keep her privacy intact. She had reckoned without her new lodgers - Horace, Ethel and, above all, the irrepressible Jim Cooper. And thus began the humanising of Miss Pilgrim, who turned out to be younger, prettier and far gentler than any of them had suspected.

©2011 Mary Jane Staples (P)2021 Audible, Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt
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A wonderful full story over too soon. Narrated beautifully and l do hope there is a sequel to this book as would love to follow the family going forward.

A beautiful story

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if your already a fan of mary Jane staples you will undoubtedly enjoy this heart warming story.

Nice easy listen ,heartwarming storyline

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I enjoyed this story but felt it was built on a false premise that 2 orphans could disappear into the family of a single man with no one demonstrating particular concern for their welfare

Feel Good Story

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Another M J Staples wonderful novels, love the characters brought alive by talented narrator

Excellent

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I was a little dubious at the beginning, worried that the children’s voices would irritate, but far from it a few minutes into the story and I was chuckling. This is a warm heart lifting story, ok maybe an easy one to predict but lovely all the same. The narrator was excellent and she made the story a 5 star for me. Thank you!

A cheerful, funny, lovely story.

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