- Heavy Burden
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.
- Illusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that trauma is an illusion; there is no question in my mind that circumstances beyond our control can shape and define us. But ultimately, we make choices about letting ourselves be defined by our pasts.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that's difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption.
- East Coast
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most surprising thing, honestly, is that so few Americans know about the orphan trains. I was also surprised at the resilience and fortitude of the riders I met, their pragmatism and grace. I don't know whether this is a Midwestern trait or simply a human one.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused.
- Entwined
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- Nov 07, 2020