orphan train christina baker kline book review

Her father and brothers died in a house fire and her mother was placed in a mental hospital. Vivian was born in Ireland in 1920 and as a young child, she immigrated to New York with her parents and siblings. Throughout the novel, her friendship with 91-year-old Vivian Daly transforms her ability to connect.

Over the years, she has struggled to develop trusting relationships with those around her. A few months later, her mother went to jail and Molly was placed in foster care. When Molly was eight years old, her father died. As a child, Molly lived with her parents in a trailer on an Indian reservation in Maine. Molly’s father was a Native American and her mother is white. Molly is an opinionated and intelligent seventeen-year-old girl who lives with her foster parents in Spruce Harbor, Maine. Novelist Christina Baker Kline brings the story of these two vulnerable and courageous women to life. Vivian is a 91-year-old who has a hidden past as an orphan train rider and Molly is a troubled teen with one last chance to make things right. Set in present-day Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is the story of two women who build an unlikely friendship. By Michelle Hudson, Communications & Development Associate for Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library.Ĭritically acclaimed author Christina Baker Kline highlights the true story of thousands of abandoned children who were relocated from the East Coast to the Midwest between 1834-1929 in her international bestseller Orphan Train.

Orphan train christina baker kline book review