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GENRE: Historical Fiction
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BLURB:
From
fleeing the Irish Potato Famine, to losing his parents on the ship to New York,
seven-year-old Daniel Flynn knows about adversity. As Daniel sings the songs of
home to earn pennies for food, pick-pocket Thomas Reilly becomes his ally and
friend, until he too is cast out onto the street.
A destitute refugee in a foreign land, Daniel, together with Thomas and his
sister Molly, are swept up by the Orphan Train Movement to find better lives
with families across America. For Daniel will the dream prove elusive?
How strong are bonds of loyalty when everything is at stake?
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EXCERPT
“Oh, Miss Ellie, Miss Ellie…” Molly was panting hard as she
ran up the steps of the guest house, calling for her friend. “Oh, you’ll never
guess what.” Her hands were shaking uncontrollably and she was gasping for air.
“Sit down, child, and start from the beginning.”
“It’s Daniel. Oh, Miss Ellie, he needs our help. I do
believe the good Lord has sent us to him in his hour of need.”
“Whatever has happened?” Ellie guided Molly to sit upon the
settle.
“I was in the town… wondering whatever we should do. Oh,
it’s dreadful!”
Miss Ellie quietly rose and left the room, returning only a
minute or two later with a tray of tea. “I’d just asked for this to be prepared
when you came back. It looks to me, girl, as though you’re in need of it.” She
poured the tea and held the cup to Molly’s trembling hands.
Molly sipped her drink, sat back, took a deep breath and
began again. “Daniel is in prison, Miss Ellie. Whatever are we going to do?”
She told Miss Ellie the tale of how she’d met Ben and then
how he’d gone to make enquiries. “Anyway, one of the Deputies was there and he
told the man about Daniel.”
“Lord have mercy, whatever has he done?”
“He ran away from that dreadful man we met at the farm. Oh,
how can one man think he has the right to own another in these times?”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Rosemary J Kind writes because she has to. You could take
almost anything away from her except her pen and paper. Failing to stop after
the book that everyone has in them, she has gone on to publish books in both
non-fiction and fiction, the latter including novels, humour, short stories and
poetry. She also regularly produces magazine articles in a number of areas and
writes regularly for the dog press.
As a child she was desolate when at the age of 10 her then
teacher would not believe that her poem based on ‘Stig of the Dump’ was her own
work and she stopped writing poetry for several years as a result. She was
persuaded to continue by the invitation to earn a little extra pocket money by
‘assisting’ others to produce the required poems for English homework!
Always one to spot an opportunity, she started school
newspapers and went on to begin providing paid copy to her local newspaper at
the age of 16.
For twenty years she followed a traditional business career,
before seeing the error of her ways and leaving it all behind to pursue her
writing full-time.
She spends her life discussing her plots with the characters
in her head and her faithful dogs, who always put the opposing arguments when
there are choices to be made.
Always willing to take on challenges that sensible people
regard as impossible, she established and ran the short story download site
Alfie Dog Fiction for six years building it to become one of the largest in the
world, representing over 300 authors and carrying over 1600 short stories. She
closed it in order to focus on her own writing.
Her hobby is developing the Entlebucher Mountain Dog in the
UK and when she brought her beloved Alfie back from Belgium he was only the
tenth in the country.
She started writing Alfie’s Diary as an Internet blog the
day Alfie arrived to live with her, intending to continue for a year or two.
Thirteen years later it goes from strength to strength and has been repeatedly
named as one of the top ten pet blogs in the UK.
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My Review
New York Orphan is a fabulous read. This first installment from Rosemary J Kind’s series, Tales of Flynn and Reilly. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I only intended to sit down to read one chapter and wound up reading the whole book in one sitting.
I am giving New York Orphan a well deserved 5 stars. I have already recommended it to other readers. I look forward to the second book from the Tales of Flynn and Reilly series. I can not wait to find out what will happen next.
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.
Devin Hanson (1983-present) was born in Beaverton, Oregon. After a childhood spent programming computers and playing Dungeons and Dragons, Devin's career took a random turn to counseling. It was during his years as a counselor that he developed his insight into the human condition and renewed his interest in writing. Currently, Devin works as a web developer, spending his free time creating tales of fantasy and science fiction. Devin has recently escaped Los Angeles and has moved down to San Diego.
After a long career in law enforcement, Rhett switched gears and applied his vocal talents (not to mention the manners and voices of thousands of people he met including celebrities, state and federal dignitaries, numerous presidents and foreign heads of state) into becoming a versatile and notable audiobook narrator. He has honed his acting skills through workshops with Steven Tobolowsky, Willie Garson, VO Peeps' Anne Ganguzza and Kalmenson & Kalmenson Casting Agency in Burbank, CA. His audiobook skills have been sharpened through workshops and seminars with Scott Brick, Jeffrey Kafer, PJ Ochlan, Hillary Huber, and Sean Allen Pratt. Rhett’s has been favorably reviewed by Audiofile Magazine for his work on “The Blood of Emmett Till”. He is noted for his smooth calm, consistent delivery that is easygoing and relaxing to listen to over a long period of time.
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