
Abandoned street child Katie’s only hope for rescue is a warring crew of do-gooders, crooks, desperate lovers and obsessive social climbers. Does Katie even have a chance?
Now Katie battles to come of age on a hardscrabble Canadian farm with no limit to the trouble she and fellow former Home children get into as they stir up one scorching village scandal after another.
Britain’s Abandoned Children
When Nobody Wants You, You Learn to Fight Hard or Die

The ongoing story in these two captivating novels uncovers the little known saga of the Home children, Britain’s unwanted waifs and strays plucked from misery on the streets and shipped overseas for new lives as domestic and farm help in raw colonial Canada. What met them there was too often a rude shock and another battle to survive. Yet today over four million Canadian descend from these tough little immigrants. They are part of Canada’s story.
Perhaps your story too. Learn more here.
Gail’s Dad Took to Writing Too – in His Nineties!
Don’t Miss Gail’s Blog
A Blog Full of Barn Swallows
In this world of urban crowding, an airy window into life on an old farm where nature rushes joyfully back in. Also thoughts on vampire killing kits, Victorian corsets (ouch!), and weird cures for whooping cough. You never know what curiosities you’ll find. What’s more, Gail LOVES to take pictures.
- Introducing Fearless Phoebe the Super Model
- Episode One : Phoebe Beats Up Hector
- Deadmen Held Up Fences
- Fair Day is Fun Day
- Mason Bees are Busy Bees
Other Works
Romance writer: Oh yes, thumping hearts and unleashed passions. Harlequin loved her.
Young Adult: check it out. Reference books: help for other writers. Gail felt your pain.
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