![]() ![]() Readers will feel heartbreak and joy as the narratives of these two strong women unfold. He tells her he has already arranged an interview with Mrs. Orphan Train is a touching look at the importance of what people carry with them and the legacy of trauma. He tells her that the elderly woman his mother works for needs help cleaning out her attic, and that Molly could volunteer to fulfill the community service requirement of her probation. ![]() He tells her he would have bought the book for her, but Molly avoids depending on others because it leads to disappointment. Molly believes Jack will soon give up on her. She puts on the necklace whenever she fears being displaced again. She explains to the reader that she just wanted to “have it in her possession.” Molly puts on a charm necklace with a fish, a bear and a raven – a gift from Molly’s father for her eighth birthday, just before he died in a car accident. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. Jack believes Molly was falsely accused, and he is surprised when she reveals that she did it. Molly nonchalantly tells him that when Dina found out Molly was arrested for stealing a library copy of Jane Eyre, she was furious. ![]()
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