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The Children of Hope/Hijos de la Esperanza Kindle Edition

by Jenny Twist (Author), Alicia Pérez Alarza (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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It is 1960s England, when girls who got pregnant out of wedlock were kept in Mother and Baby Homes and their babies taken for adoption at six weeks old. Ginny is desperate to escape and to keep her baby but she’s needs outside help. If only her friend Julia would answer her letter.

En la década de 1960 en Inglaterra, cuando las jóvenes se quedaban embarazadas fuera del matrimonio se las recluía en casas de acogida para madres gestantes y a las seis semanas de dar a luz sus bebés eran entregados en adopción. Ginny está desesperada por escapar y poder quedarse con su bebé, pero necesita ayuda del exterior. Ojalá su amiga Julia contestara a su carta.

The Children of Hope is the first of a series of dual language books from SHP.
These books are intended as background reading for students of English and Spanish as a foreign language. We are intending to provide a wide range of genres to provide for all tastes in the interests of making learning languages fun.

Hijos de la Esperanza es el primero de una serie de libros en dos idiomas de SHP.
Los libros se han pensado para que sirvan de apoyo a estudiantes de inglés y español como lenguas extranjeras. Nuestro propósito es proporcionar a los estudiantes una gran variedad de géneros que se adapten a sus gustos e intereses y que conviertan el aprendizaje de un idioma en algo divertido.

Readers' Favorite 5 star review:
The Children of Hope, written by Jenny Twist and translated by Alicia Pérez Alarza, is a short story told in both English and Spanish solely as a dual purpose assignment. The realities told in this moving mini-saga are heart-wrenching. The narrative is tightly woven and easy to read. The Children of Hope is an excellent addition to school, church, and public libraries. Jenny Twist masterfully tells the story with grace and understanding on a subject often considered taboo.

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  2. Language
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  4. Publication date
    March 28, 2019
  5. Reading age
    15 - 18 years
  6. File size
    875 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Q6MFFGP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SHP (March 28, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 875 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 77 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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Jenny Twist

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Jenny Twist was born in York and brought up in the West Yorkshire mill town of Heckmondwike, the eldest grandchild of a huge extended family.

She left school at fifteen and went to work in an asbestos factory. After working in various jobs, including bacon-packer and escapologist’s assistant (she was The Lovely Tanya), she returned to full-time education and did a BA in history, at Manchester and post-graduate studies at Oxford.

She stayed in Oxford working as a recruitment consultant for many years and it was there that she met and married her husband, Vic.

In 2001 they retired and moved to Southern Spain where they live with their rather eccentric dogs and cat. Besides writing, she enjoys reading, knitting and attempting to do fiendishly difficult logic puzzles.

Since moving to Spain she has written four novels and numerous short stories.

Four of her books have been given 5 star reviews by the esteemed review site, Readers’ Favorite.

In July 2018 she was awarded the coveted TOP FEMALE AUTHOR award in Fantasy/Horror/Paranormal/Science Fiction by The Authors Show

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LESLEY BOYCE
5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to add pleasure to your learning!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2019
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After reading several of Jenny Twist's stories in the past, I was overjoyed, as someone learning Spanish, to discover these dual language versions. I have read one and have now bought a second. Her technique of translating by the paragraph is excellent. Those from other authors are often done page by page. This method suits me much better on a personal level. I look forward to beginning my second one!
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jacw2000
3.0 out of 5 stars A Bilingual Curiosity
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2019
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A curiosity - one paragraph in English, the next in Spanish - alternately through the book. I read the English and struggled with the Spanish.

Set circa 1960, if you got pregnant you went into a home, had the baby, the baby was taken away from you, you got kicked out. We may not be perfect these days but we are an awful lot better than that.

I nearly stopped at that point - it is a depressing story, to begin with. I was assured by a friend that there was a happy ending - the title is not cynical.
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