Carrie Turansky’s latest novel is inspired by real events as young British children were shipped to Canada and their lives changed forever. I love the detailed insights Carrie shares in this bookchat about the McAlister children, how she came to write about the Edwardian era, and how easily parental rights were taken away by the British government, often separating families forever. As an Australian, I’m well aware of this historical practice as – and Carrie notes it below – Australia was another destination for children like the Garth family and we have own disturbing history of how many of these …