The Rescue Sisters

Elaine Whiteford, MA 1986

A tale of blackmail, kidnap and terrible secrets. Of children being sent abroad, and of women trying to do the right thing at a time when they were second class citizens.

Stirling, 1900: reeling from a family tragedy, Jane Knight volunteers at Gowanlea Children’s Home in Stirling, run by upstanding pillar of the community, Eliza Frew. Before long, though, Jane discovers that everything isn’t as it seems with a boy who’s been sent to Canada and with Eliza Frew herself. While Jane sets off to Quebec on a rescue mission, Eliza faces a reckoning from her past that could ruin her. To right a wrong and to settle a score, how far will Jane and Eliza go to protect the ones they love... and save themselves? Child rescue and migration are the backdrops to this historical drama that packs a punch.

*** An intelligent and emotionally rich story that is truly engaging; highly commended in the Pitlochry Quaich Historical Novel competition.

ISBN: 978-1-7384981-1-6