An Orphan’s Dream (Button Street Orphans)


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The compelling new book from the author of The Girl in the Ragged Shawl and The Orphans of Halfpenny Street




An Orphan's Dream


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Danny gets a terrible start in life and runs away from his drunken father when he thrashes him to within an inch of his life. But life on the streets is no better and he falls into the clutches of evil men, finding that being big and strong for his age is no protection from the people who want to do him harm. Help comes in the form of Constable Jones, who is determined to help out the children who need it, and new friends Ron and Cassie, who are also runaways. Can Danny's dream of a loving home ever be a reality?




Can Orphans Dream?


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The Orphan's Dream


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Motherless since she was five, Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly, Mirabel finds herself cast out on the street by her ruthless stepmother. She is taken to a place of refuge by charismatic sea captain, Jack Starke. But the safe haven turns out to be house of ill-repute. Here she becomes a parlour maid and catches the eye of an elderly, retired army officer, Hubert Kettle. Mirabel has fallen in love with Jack Starke but when she hears that his ship has foundered and all were lost, she has little choice but to accept Hubert's offer of a home and marriage. Although desperately unhappy, Mirabel is determined to make the best of her life. Until she receives unexpected news and her life is thrown into turmoil once more.




Emma's Dream


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Emma's Dream is a 34 pages Picture Book. The story is about a little orphan girl living with 6 other kids in an orphanage. She dreams of having her own family, until someday her dream becomes a reality. The illustrations are rendered with graphite pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor. The last page contains important information regarding the orphans' situation worldwide (UNICEF, UNESCO and World Bank) The dream of every child is to live in a happy family. When a child is separated from their parents, a big hole is created in their hearts. They may end up in an orphanage with other kids who share the same circumstances, but the hole in their hearts needs the nurturing of a family. Emma's Dream is the product of my journey with kids in an orphanage in Mexico. To adopt a child is an act of pure love.




A Dream Come True


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Orphans Song


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Gifted siblings Jane and Kenny Palmer yearn for a normal family life when Papa returns from WWI as a maimed hero, but a labor riot and subway shooting change everything. Chapin Hall a Chicago orphanage becomes their new home, where Jane discovers her star quality and passion for singing on the world stage, while Kenny exhibits his math prodigy and physical toughness. This tale of fearsome premonitions, separate adoptions, journey on an orphan train, and Vaudeville venues is set in gangland Chicago and rural Nebraska during the Roaring Twenties ending with the Great Market Crash of 1929.




My Father's Dream


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The book "My father's dream" is social but also educational. It talks about an orphan who, practically did not inherit anything from his father except words and dreams.We have seen orphans whose fathers were rich and inheriting they also become rich and others of the same case becoming very poor. We have also seen orphans whose fathers were very poor but in the long run they made themselves and become people to envy but also others of the same case who get lost for good.A typical example would be of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo whose father died when he was even playing a match. The latter lived a very difficult childhood, his father being unemployed and alcoholic and a brother dependent on drugs but in his way he became a shining star.The book shows another orphan who, his father had good intentions for his future life but at his death he left nothing to him and the latter made himself and became more than his father thought.In this book the reader will learn many things relating to orphans. It gives advice to those who will discover it.You will find highlights that will touch your feeling and it is certain at some places if you do not have a hard heart you will shed tears and at some places others will laugh breathtaking, etc.The author himself being the orphan, it will be understood that what is written is inspired by a true story.




AN ORPHAN'S TEARS


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To all the readers, I thank you all very much from the bott om of my heart for reading this memoir of mine and understanding a women’s problem. When I think, fi rst I can’t believe that this has happened to me, and why? I hope you all will enjoy reading it, maybe there will be joy, to a certain extent, anger as well, or maybe a new experience. I really don’t know, it depends on each individuals, but my humble request is, do not make me feel weak. I need encouragement to move on in life to live in peace and harmony and try to be a good human being. In this world no one deserves this kind of life, because the Almighty has created all the living creatures and everyone has a right to live a happy and normal life. Once again my sincere thanks from the bott om of my heart for everyone’s support, and if anything has off ended anyone, I am sorry about that, and I hope I will live a normal life from now. Love to each and everyone. May God bless each one of you, I pray from my heart for peace, serenity, and harmony in each and every family and special blessings for all human beings from the Almighty. Carmela Caruso