tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post5206869997748139371..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Orphans are everywhere in today's historical fictionSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-73275822546447075322020-01-19T11:58:23.240-06:002020-01-19T11:58:23.240-06:00Yes - I think it would be hard for them to find ma...Yes - I think it would be hard for them to find many readers if they didn't. We keep reading assuming/hoping things will get better.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-53358652909123776812020-01-19T11:31:22.537-06:002020-01-19T11:31:22.537-06:00Yes, that's it - a very distressing cover for ...Yes, that's it - a very distressing cover for me! But I know many of the stories likely have positive endings.<br />Katharine Otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392487226330656489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-85231290422857269432020-01-18T09:02:03.309-06:002020-01-18T09:02:03.309-06:00Definitely - and some of them take the industry by...Definitely - and some of them take the industry by surprise, too.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-74255702481088243752020-01-18T01:23:20.073-06:002020-01-18T01:23:20.073-06:00There are certainly some prevalent themes around i...There are certainly some prevalent themes around in HFMarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-18495199708864460682020-01-17T12:24:31.725-06:002020-01-17T12:24:31.725-06:00That's very true - the novels can be hard to r...That's very true - the novels can be hard to read. Is that book Sold on a Monday? That's the only one I can think of with a boy and a suitcase, but there may be another...Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-91580202392145328262020-01-17T05:51:14.954-06:002020-01-17T05:51:14.954-06:00I haven't read any of those! I've found, w...I haven't read any of those! I've found, with a recent explosion of grandchildren (five of them 3 years old and under!), that stories portraying children in danger are really difficult to read. There's another whose cover I can see clearly, but I couldn't come up with the title, that might fit into your grouping - a dejected boy sits in a brown field with a suitcase next to him. Too sad looking for me!Katharine Otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392487226330656489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-75328704361460119102020-01-16T15:22:03.245-06:002020-01-16T15:22:03.245-06:00I've been meaning to read The World That We Kn...I've been meaning to read The World That We Knew - bought it for the library last year. Sold on a Monday did sound very good!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-43077515653929239232020-01-16T13:36:47.893-06:002020-01-16T13:36:47.893-06:00Alice Hoffman’s The World that We Knew is definite...Alice Hoffman’s The World that We Knew is definitely orphan-intensive (Jewish refugees during WWII). I reviewed Sold on a Monday for HNR last year and was very impressed!Kris McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130207535367861167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-55506596593513489752020-01-16T13:20:47.607-06:002020-01-16T13:20:47.607-06:00Suggestion from author Carrie Turansky: her recent...Suggestion from author Carrie Turansky: her recent novel <i>No Ocean Too Wide</i> (Multnomah, 2019) definitely fits this list, too. It covers the British Home Children sent overseas to Canada in the early 20th century. Thanks, Carrie!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.com