Orphan Train: A Heartfelt Historical Novel Spanning Generations and Friendship

Synopsis

The #1 new york times bestseller“a lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of america’s history. Beautiful. ”—ann packermoving between contemporary maine and depression-era minnesota, orphan train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected friendship. Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the east coast to the farmlands of the midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck.