This is not a new
book to the market, the copyright date on this book is 2008, but it is one I
would highly recommend. I was unaware that 150,000 homeless, orphaned and
abandoned children were sent from crowded cities in the Eastern states out West
between the years of 1854 and 1929 on trains that became known as “orphan
trains.” In the early 1900s the practice of child labor was called into
question. Advocates for children sought to improve the education and safety of
our country’s young ones. The plight of children is the focus of My Heart Remembers, a story of three
fictional siblings who rode an orphan train only to be separated, and the
children they longed to aid and protect.
Recent immigrants,
Maelle, Mattie, and Molly Gallagher lost their parents in a New York City tenement
fire. Maelle took to heart her father’s admonishment to watch out for the wee
ones, the wee siblings whom she lost track of after arriving in Missouri, and
the wee ones she met along the way as she grew up and sought after her long
lost siblings. Mattie never forgot his older sister’s promise to find him, but
was unsure how that could happen as life kept him constantly on the move; how
he longed for home and family. Molly appeared to live a life of luxury, doted
on by loving parents, unaware that she was not their biological child, that is
until she was orphaned yet again. Might she really have siblings somewhere,
siblings that loved and wanted her? My
Heart Remembers tells the story of how God used all things for good in the
lives of these three siblings, and how they came to know Him as a trusted
Father.
I purchased this
book a number of years ago, and it waited upon my bookshelf until May of 2017.
God’s timing is always perfect in big and little things. I did not receive this
book in exchange for my honest opinion. Rather I offer it to those who are
looking for a truly touching read, filled with important life lessons.
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