<p><b><i>The Orphanage Girls </i>is a gritty and moving historical saga set in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of <i>The Jam Factory Girls</i>, Mary Wood.</b><br><br><b>Children deserve a family to call their own . . . </b><br><br>Ruth dares to dream of another life – far away from the horrors within the walls of Bethnal Green’s infamous orphanage. Luckily she has her friends, Amy and Ellen – but she can’t keep them safe, and the suffering is only getting worse. Surely there must be a way out of here?<br><br>But when Ruth breaks free from the shackles of confinement and sets out into East London, hoping to make a new life for herself, she finds that, for a girl with nowhere to turn, life can be just as tough on the outside.<br><br>Bett keeps order in this unruly part of the East End – and takes Ruth under her wi
