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Orphan Train Romance, Book 1
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Between 1850 and 1930, around 250,000 abandoned and orphaned children traveled from the East Coast of the US to various cities and towns throughout the nation on what would be known as the orphan trains. Most came from New York City.
Posters were placed around town advertising "Homes Wanted for Orphans"; usually a committee was formed to help facilitate the adoption. These children were supposed to be adopted and treated as family members, but this was not always the case however, and sometimes they were placed in less than ideal circumstances. Despite this loosely structured plan, many children did find loving homes and people who cared for their needs.
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Patience Cavanaugh has lost hope in romance. The man she yearned to marry is dead, and her dreams are gone with him. Now she is consumed with restoring a dilapidated boardinghouse in order to support herself. Despite Patience's desire for solitude, Jedediah Jones, the local marshal with a reputation for hanging criminals, becomes an ever-looming part of her life.
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- By Cheryl on 12-21-17
By: Maggie Brendan
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- Bonnie K
- 06-15-23
Sweet
Short story about orphans and the orphan train systems that operated in early America. Well-written with good characters. The audio version was narrated well.
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- Shari
- 02-22-22
A Nice Relaxing Listen
An unexpected story is a sweet story about orphan trains and a family formed by adoption. it isn't totally realistic. Nice relaxing listen.
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- Gail M. Johnson
- 10-07-24
Was too much like a Hallmark movie
The narration was not the best. The story seemed a bit too simple and I was very glad that the book was short. I will not be reading/listening to any more books in this series.
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- Miss, M.E. Barnes
- 11-03-20
Exceptional & Wholesome
Love it before I finished I bought the 2 sequels Very heart warming & touching
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- Laura H
- 12-24-24
Spoilers - Unsympathetic
Despite being a story about likable orphans finding nice homes, this story was painfully simplistic. The narrator reads slowly, which emphasized the simple sentences and inane thoughts of the characters. Everything is over explained and actually repeated. The narrator struggles to enunciate words like “looked” which turned into lookt and “didn’t” which turned into din. The female protagonist takes pains to justify her new marriage to the male protagonist, but he teases her constantly and refuses basic, accessible medical care for an orphan because of his pride. While he eventually, mostly sorts himself out, I am left feeling the female protagonist would be a much happier single mom.
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- Blaine M-G
- 04-11-21
Super short and about third grade level
Super short and about third grade level. What else can I say? That’s all folks.
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