Book Description
The Call of the Orphanage Kissing Gate will captivate your attention as you take a youthful journey with a mischievous boy called Mark.
Mark’s father died when he was two years old; he was placed in the care of what was then called Denbighshire County Council.
This book tells true, gripping stories of the adventures and antics that Mark and his close friends, Pigeon and Kipper, get up to. There is a plethora of humour and emotion in store for you as you join Mark on his adventures.
A white steel kissing gate was the entrance to the orphanage in Ruthin, North Wales, and when Mark walked through for the first time, it slammed shut, claiming him for the orphanage. Today, this kissing gate is all that remains of the original boundary fence, and it is featured on the front cover.
The book gives the reader an extraordinary insight into the emotions and drama of being fostered out and living life in an orphanage in the 1950s.
When Mark leaves the orphanage, he passes through the gate one final time and is released from the call of the orphanage kissing gate.
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