The Little Orphan Girl

By: Sandy Taylor

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Ireland, 1901: The workhouse gates clanged shut behind us, as me and the mammy walked down the hill towards the town. I was six years old and leaving the only home I had ever known … When Cissy Ryan’s real mother comes to claim her from the workhouse, it’s not how she imagined. Her family’s tumbledown cottage has ice on the inside of its windows and is in an isolated, poverty-stricken village in the muddy Irish countryside. But when Cissy is allowed to help neighbour Colm Doyle and his horse named Blue on their milk round one morning, Cissy starts to feel as though friendship could get her through anything. It’s Colm who looks in on Cissy’s grandfather when she starts at the village school, and Colm who tells her to hold her chin high when she interviews for a position at the grand Bretton House. But in the vast mansion with its shining floors and sweeping staircase, it’s Master Peter Bretton who captures Cissy’s heart with his dark curls and easy laugh. As Cissy blossoms from a skinny orphan into a confident young girl, Colm tells her she’s as good as anyone and she begins to believe anything is possible. But not everyone with a kind smile has a kind heart, and Cissy doesn’t know that further sorrow lies in store for her. When Cissy finds herself desperate, alone and faced with a devastating choice, can she find the strength to survive?©2018 Sandy Taylor (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing

Suspense!!!

Dear Sandy Taylor,
pleas÷e keep writing great books like this one. I especially love Irish stories.. I have really enjoyed your books!!!

The beautiful narration

I thoroughly enjoyed this gentle story. It is beautifully narrated giving a strong understanding of life in a small village in Ireland.

Be ready for tears

If you’ve experienced the loss of family this book will tear at your heart. Love the characters and the wonderful ending.

Wonderful Irish Story

A wonderful story back in the early 1900 hundreds. Irish story of a young girl. I enjoyed it immensely and hope you will too.
The Farmer’s Daughter

I loved it!

I love not only the story, but the reader as well. The rhythm of the story was perfect. Brought me to tears a few times, and had me laughing out loud in others!