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The author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be delivers her most ambitious and powerful novel to date: a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask.
Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Just months from "aging out" of the child welfare system, and close to being kicked out of her foster home, a community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping her out of juvie and worse.
Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.
The closer Molly grows to Vivian, the more she discovers parallels to her own life. A Penobscot Indian, she, too, is an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. As her emotional barriers begin to crumble, Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life - answers that will ultimately free them both.
Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.
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shumianyang的评论"I am ninety-one years old, and almost everyone who was once in my life is now a ghost. Sometimes these spirits have been more real to me than people, more real than God."这会是一种什么感觉啊!
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Fan要坚强的评论killing time in a cliche way
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Abe的评论虽然有些套路化(说重点有点俗),不过最后结局那里还是有被感动到。
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胖丁丁丁丁的评论如果不是drama课演过里面的小女孩也不会想起去了解美国20世纪初orphan train riders的故事和历史 the mobility, the rootlessness, the yearning for belonging.
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为食主义的评论是历史,是现实。遗弃、虐待、歧视、恐惧,和绝望后的重生,因为我的工作,让我更看懂这本书。
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miu的评论觉得女猪脚的悲剧命运到这就结束了吧,但是下一章总是在刷新我的认知。。有一些很喜欢的段落,有一些合上书页唏嘘的段落,有一些觉得历经世事后的淡定。如果有一天我也90岁了,希望我也能拥有一些宁静
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Lyz的评论一生一世纪。Some stories are like this, you would never understand it better than having been experienced a fragment of it. Sometimes we have to clean up and put away the past cuz it's too heavy to carry along, but there are definitely times to revisit to ensure ourselves who we truly are. When years pass by, the heavy could be lift upon as feather.
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KimiYe的评论两位忘年的女性,因为同样的孤儿身份而有了交集和共鸣,两条时间线索在相互穿插、交融。人性的真伪在字里行间迸发,值得一读。
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Dawzaw的评论Identity
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盛睿智的评论很久没有看到这么温暖的书了,恩。
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董三疯的评论前段时间在打折,只卖5块9,买不了上当也买不了吃亏。。
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siva的评论第一本在kindle上看完的原版小说 孤儿列车开往一个个城市 将孩子们引向未知的归宿 虽然故事有点俗套 但细致入微的描摹还是令人热泪盈眶 一处是列车上的难友Vivian与Dutchy重逢 一处是Vivian和别离半个世纪的女儿暮年相认 也许岁月曾残忍地在你身上留下印记 但是如果有一个因类似遭遇而懂你的忘年之交帮你完成救赎 也是一种福气吧 就像Molly之于Vivian 豆友说 颠沛流离之人在颠沛流离之人身上得到安慰 诚然!
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你看月亮的脸的评论很温情~!
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Jacky的评论两条线交织,作者从历史真实的事情编织出这样一个感动的故事。阅读起来也非常容易的现代英文小说。
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眯眯眼的敏敏的评论两个人物的叙述穿插而行,这似乎是最近的流行。喜欢Molly,和vivian同为孤儿,但她和vivian更有着相同的品质,所以才会成为忘年交吧。更喜欢1930's的这条线索,喜欢vivian的坚韧,对于生活的认真,通过她也第一次了解到美国历史上有这么一列火车。当看到vivian和duthy相逢时,感慨万千,但也似乎预感到了两人最后的分离,最终duthy死于战场。。。结局停留在vivian见女儿这里,很温暖
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Susumu的评论第一次完整读完一本英文书
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Demon的评论用略带纪实的行文,把真实的历史记录下来,把那些个体的文化流传下来,并能得到大众的认可
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酪酪的评论Abrupt ending.
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小酹的评论时隔八十年,横跨两个时代的离合悲欢,从爱尔兰、印度到美国,全球化下的移民命运,都在作者细腻的笔触下延展开来。虽然觉得开篇的苍凉凄惶,在下半段被赶进度似的叙事节奏影响,但总的来说,架构成熟,文笔优美简洁,很喜欢。
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碌碌的评论薄荷/并没有很感动 但是还是挺细腻的