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With You Always
by Jody Hedlund
Book 1 in the Orphan Train series.
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When an 1850s financial crisis leaves orphan Elise Neumann and her sisters destitute, Elise seizes their only hope: to find work out west through the Children's Aid Society and send money home. On the rails, she meets privileged Thornton Quincy, who suddenly must work for his inheritance. From different worlds, can these two help each other find their way?
The novel connects the Panic of 1857, women’s unemployment and the Children’s Aid Society’s programme for sending seamstresses west. Elise and Thornton encounter the unequal choices behind economic development, and faith challenges them to measure success by the security they create for others rather than inheritance or status.
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