An Orphan's Holiday Home
An Orphan's Holiday Home

Author: April Arrington

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2024-09-24

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0369753860

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A mystery baby is quite a surprise… But love may be the biggest shock of all There’s no holiday joy for grieving widower Brent Carson anymore. But as much as he wants to shut himself away this season, the unexpected baby on his doorstep means he’ll need some help. He turns to the only person he can think of—Zoe Price, the bubbly foster mom next door. She agrees to help, but on one condition—Brent helps her answer the town’s Dear Santa letters. And to Brent’s surprise, the more time he spends with Zoe making Christmas wishes come true, the easier it is to believe there’s Christmas hope for him, too. From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

Sayville Orphan Heroes
Sayville Orphan Heroes

Author: Jack Whitehouse

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-12-07

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 161423325X

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The prospects were bleak for the four Whitehouse children in 1929 when they were orphaned at the start of the Great Depression. They faced life in dangerously overcrowded orphanages in New York City or the uncertainty of a trip on the orphan trains. They were fortunate enough to land at the Children's Cottages Orphanage in Sayville, New York and St. Ann's Episcopal Church. Author Jack Whitehouse spins a personal tale of the compassion exhibited by the entire Sayville community, including such families as the Roosevelts and Astors, which allowed the children to thrive. Discover how the town came together to love and nurture these members of the Greatest Generation, who became true American heroes

The Adult Orphan Club
The Adult Orphan Club

Author: Flora Baker

Publisher: Flora Baker

Published: 2020-06-20

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1838063501

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A vulnerable, honest and deeply personal guide to finding your way through grief. Flora Baker was only twenty when her mum died suddenly of cancer. Her coping strategy was simple: ignore the magnitude of her loss. But when her dad became terminally ill nine years later, Flora was forced to confront the reality of grief. She had to accept that her life had changed forever. In The Adult Orphan Club, Flora draws on a decade of experience with grief and parent loss to explore all the chaotic ways that grief affects us, and how we can learn to navigate it. Written with the newly bereaved in mind and packed with practical tips and advice, this book guides the reader through every step of their grief journey and opens up the death conversation in an honest, heartfelt and accessible way. Whether you’re grieving your own loss or supporting someone else through grief, The Adult Orphan Club will show you that you’re not broken, and you’re not alone.

The Holy Family Orphans Home
The Holy Family Orphans Home

Author: LaBelle Photos

Publisher: Holy Family Orphans Home

Published: 2017-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780692808900

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Photographs of the abandoned Holy Family Orphanage in Marquette, Michigan, accompanied by essays about its history. The orphanage was built in 1915 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently being renovated into apartments.

The Place He Made
The Place He Made

Author: Edie Clark

Publisher: Bantam Books

Published: 1996-12-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780553575743

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Author-editor Edie Clark shares the happiness and strength she found through her husband, carpenter Paul Bolton, revealing how they nurtured a love and built a life together as beautiful and enduring as the rustic cottage Paul restored for Edie. Reprint.

O Give Me a Home: An Orphan's Story
O Give Me a Home: An Orphan's Story

Author: James Hursey

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1365387283

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An old man visits a closed and decaying building which he remembers entering some sixty years earlier as a small, frightened nine-year-old. He then mines those distantmemories for this stark recounting of growing up in a large, military orphanage. He tells of newkie lessons perhaps too well-learned and a kiddie dormitory perhaps too well-ordered; of violent daytime battles and innocent nighttime rendezvous; of a happy-go-lucky garbage man and a not so lucky marksman; of unconsummated first love and an unexpected last message. These memories, and many more, are flanked by two sad goodbyes, one wistful and one anguished, but each demarcating a decisive fork in life's road. Finally, in a dramatic epilogue, former classmates return for the annual orphan's reunion and gather in an off-campus bar to revel and reminisce.

The Charleston Orphan House
The Charleston Orphan House

Author: John E. Murray

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2013-01-03

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0226924092

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"In The Charleston Orphan House, distinguished economic historian John E. Murray uncovers a world about which previous generations of scholars knew next to nothing: the world of orphaned children in early national and antebellum America. Employing a unique cache of records, Murray offers a sensitive and sympathetic account of the history of the institution - the first public orphan house in the US - while at the same time making it clear that Charleston's beneficence toward white orphans was inextricably linked to the racial ideology of the city's leaders. In Murray's hands, the voices of poor white families in early America are heard as never before." -- Peter A Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. -- Book jacket.

Orphan Justice
Orphan Justice

Author: Johnny Carr

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1433677970

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Christians are clearly called to care for orphans, a group so close to the heart of Jesus. In reality, most of the 153 million orphaned and vulnerable children in the world do not need to be adopted, and not everyone needs to become an adoptive parent. However, there are other very important ways to help beyond adoption. Indeed, caring for orphaned and vulnerable children requires us to care about related issues from child trafficking and HIV/AIDS to racism and poverty. Too often, we only discuss or theologize the issues, relegating the responsibility to governments. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. Based on his own personal journey toward pure religion, Johnny Carr moves readers from talking about global orphan care to actually doing something about it in Orphan Justice. Combining biblical truth with the latest research, this inspiring book: • investigates the orphan care and adoption movement in the U.S. today • examines new data on the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children • connects “liberal issues” together as critical aspects or orphan care • discovers the role of the church worldwide in meeting these needs • develops a tangible, sustainable action plan using worldwide partnerships • fleshes out the why, what, and how of global orphan care • offers practical steps to getting involved and making a difference

Orphans of the Night
Orphans of the Night

Author: Josepha Sherman

Publisher: Walker & Company

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9780802783684

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Includes thirteen stories, written by such authors as Mike Resnick, Pamela Service, Harry Turtledove, and Susan Shwartz, about strange, eerie, and bizarre creatures from the universe of folklore.