Marianne Neumann has one goal in life: to find her lost younger sister, Sophie. When Marianne takes a job as a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society in 1858 New York, she not only hopes to give children a better life but seeks to discover whether Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train.
Andrew Brady, her fellow agent on her first placing trip, is a former schoolteacher who has an easy way with children-firm but tender and funny. Underneath his handsome charm, though, seems to linger a grief that won't go away, and a secret from his past that he keeps hidden. As the two team up placing orphans amid small railroad towns in Illinois, they find themselves growing ever closer...until a shocking tragedy threatens to upend all their work and change one of their lives forever.
I always enjoy the Author's note at the end of the book. Not all Author's include this, but Jody Hedlund doesn't disappoint here either. I enjoy getting a glimpse into the thought process behind a book and a little more facts to go along with the fiction.
I would definitely recommend this great book. Especially if you are like me and love historical Christian fiction.
***Thanks to Bethany House Publishing for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
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