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Orphan Train

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Orphan Train
9.99 €
Between 1854 and 1929, to solve the problem of homeless children flooding New York City and other East Coast cities, orphans were packed onto trains and shipped to the Midwest, where they were matched with adoptive families. For some of the more than two hundred thousand children torn from their roots, adoption was an escape from poverty and hardship, but for others it turned into domestic slavery. The novel's protagonist, ninety-year-old Vivian, was a passenger on such a train as a child. It is difficult for her to remember the long past and even more difficult to reconcile with it. Only her acquaintance with seventeen-year-old Molly, an orphan, a troubled teenager, helps Vivian finally heal her wounds. The desire to retain belonging to their family history, a sense of dignity, steadfast character surprisingly bring together the two heroines of this exciting and heartfelt novel, which became a revelation not only for Americans, but also for readers in 30 countries around the world.
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