Forgotten Child

Name: Forgotten Child
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Flynn
ISBN: 9781804956298

Author: Katie Flynn

Narrator: Julie Maisey

Unabridged: 10 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 02/27/2025

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Romance, Historical Fiction, Women, Family Life

Synopsis

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From Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Flynn, Forgotten Child is a heartbreaking, uplifting and totally transporting novel to curl up with by the fire.

Scotland, 1940: Isla Donaghue is just sixteen when her mother dies, and her idyllic life comes to an abrupt end. Unable to cope, Isla’s father sends her to the poorhouse when he joins the merchant navy.

Horrified at the harsh conditions of the poorhouse, Isla is determined to escape. Enlisting the help of her newfound friends Meg and Sophie, she devises a plan to flee to Liverpool.

Despite the difficulties of her new life and the dangers of the Luftwaffe, Isla falls in love for the first time. But her beau is not all that he seems… Will true love prevail or will secrets from the past put an end to their happiness?

© Katie Flynn 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

About Katie Flynn

Katie Flynn is the pen name of the much-loved writer, Judy Turner, who published over ninety novels in her lifetime. Judy's unique stories were inspired by hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century, and her books went on to sell more than eight million copies. Judy passed away in January 2019, aged 82.The legacy of Katie Flynn lives on through her daughter, Holly Flynn, who continues to write under the Katie Flynn name. Holly worked as an assistant to her mother for many years and together they co-authored a number of Katie Flynn novels.Holly lives in the north east of Wales with her husband Simon and their two children. When she's not writing she enjoys walking her two lurchers, Sparky and Snoopy, in the surrounding countryside, and cooking forbidden foods such as pies, cakes and puddings! She looks forward to sharing many more Katie Flynn stories, which she and her mother devised together, with readers in the years to come.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lainy on February 18, 2025

Time taken to read - in and out over two days Pages - 395 Publisher - Penguin books Source - Review copy Blurb from Goodreads From Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Flynn, Forgotten Child is a heartbreaking, uplifting and totally transporting novel to curl up with by the fire. Scotland, 1940: Isla Do......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV on December 19, 2024

Can true love triumph over tragedy? Isla Donaghue after the passing of her mother Agnes Patrick her father is off to War promising to come back for her sends her to Coxhill poorhouse it's 1940 in Scotland she is stuck in here like a prisoner and the first chance she gets to escape she flees to Liverp......more

Goodreads review by VickydpBooks on February 20, 2025

I really enjoyed this book and understood the story line.. Scotland, 1940: Isla Donaghue is just sixteen when her mother dies, and her idyllic life comes to an abrupt end. Unable to cope, Isla’s father sends her to the poorhouse when he joins the merchant navy. Horrified at the harsh conditions of the......more

Goodreads review by Kim on February 13, 2025

As soon as i read the first page I knew I would enjoy it. Katie Flynn knows how to appeal to her readers. As always it is heartwarming. it focuses on Isla, whilst her father is taking the news of his wife and Isla mothers death. He can't cope so puts Isla in the poorhouse and joins up with the forces......more

Goodreads review by irene currie on November 11, 2025

Wow It's so good to see Isla Sophie and Meg catch up with what they are doing and lovely Peggy cannae wait to read the next book to see what happens between Rory and Isla and the girls this series by Katie Flynn does not disappoint would highly recommend it......more