Together Forever

by Jody Hedlund Book 2 in the Orphan Train series.

First published 2018

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Marianne Neumann became a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society with one goal: to find her lost sister. Her fellow agent, Andrew Brady, is a former schoolteacher who has a way with children and a hidden past. As they team up placing orphans in homes in Illinois, they grow ever closer . . . until a shocking tragedy changes one of their lives forever.

Marianne and Andrew’s 1858 placing journey reveals both the hope and the weak safeguards of early orphan-train work. Their growing attachment is tested by tragedy and concealed guilt, while the children’s uncertain placements force the adults to confront the difference between institutional good intentions and lasting responsibility.