![]() Instead of focusing on the children per se, she draws on other uses of the Orphan Train – specifically in bringing skilled (usually immigrant) workers west to help settle new towns along the railroad. In With You Always, she takes us on a tour of the Orphan Train era that may look different from what we initially expect. But Hedlund finds the women, the immigrants, the conditions that few others write about – and she brings them vividly to life on the page. Sometimes these aspects have been tucked away inside history we do know & read about more frequently. Perhaps my favorite thing about each new offering from her is that she spotlights (and honors) lesser known parts and populations of history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jody Hedlund has incredible talent – in creating characters, plots, and setting. ![]()
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