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Lizzie Page on The Shilling Grange Children’s Home

The novelist discusses her series featuring the orphans post-war.

Lizzie Page

What inspired you to write the Shilling Grange Children’s Home series set in the aftermath and displacement of the Second World War? For me, writing a book is like a glorious throwing together of things that interest you – and hopefully creating a perfect storm...

Post-War Orphans

The treatment of orphans post-war has proved the inspiration for a series of novels.

Lizzie Page

Post-War Orphans The Shilling Grange Series is about one woman’s struggle to run a children’s home in post-war Britain. I’ve long been interested in the changes brought in by Attlee’s reforming Labour government and writing a series set in an orphanage was a chance to...