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Orphan Narratives

Author : Valérie Loichot
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813926414
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Orphan Narratives written by Valérie Loichot and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Orphan Narratives, Valérie Loichot investigates the fiction and poetry of four writers who emerged from the postslavery plantation world of the Americas--William Faulkner (USA), Édouard Glissant (Martinique), Toni Morrison (USA), and Saint-John Perse (Guadeloupe)--to show how these descendants from slaves and from slaveholders wrote both in relation and in resistance to the violence of plantation slavery. She uses the term "orphan narrative" to capture the ways in which this violence severed the child, the text, and history from a traceable origin. Black or white, male or female, Antillean or American, these writers share a common inheritance and transnational connection through which their texts maintain familial, temporal, and narrative patterns without having any central authority figure. The author specifically cites Saint-John Perse's Éloges (1911), Faulkner's Light in August (1932), Morrison's Song of Solomon (1977), and Glissant's La Case du commandeur (1981) as postslavery texts. Where the actual family is dismembered, these narrative accounts invent new familial links. Reciprocally, biological family ties endure despite the literal and discursive violence inflicted upon them. Breaking new ground in trans-American studies by juxtaposing texts from the francophone Lesser Antilles and the U.S. South, Orphan Narratives will be a valuable addition to Caribbean, American, and postcolonial studies, not to mention its appeal to scholars and students of Faulkner, Glissant, Morrison, and Saint-John Perse.

Orphan Train Girl

Author : Christina Baker Kline
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062445960
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Orphan Train Girl written by Christina Baker Kline and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This young readers’ edition of Christina Baker Kline’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year-old woman. Adapted and condensed for a young audience, Orphan Train Girl includes an author’s note and archival photos from the orphan train era. This book is especially perfect for mother/daughter reading groups. Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows it’s her attitude that’s the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she’s had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly’s forced to help an a wealthy elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary. But from the moment they meet, Molly realizes that Vivian isn’t like any of the adults she’s encountered before. Vivian asks Molly questions about her life and actually listens to the answers. Soon Molly sees they have more in common than she thought. Vivian was once an orphan, too—an Irish immigrant to New York City who was put on a so-called "orphan train" to the Midwest with hundreds of other children—and she can understand, better than anyone else, the emotional binds that have been making Molly’s life so hard. Together, they not only clear boxes of past mementos from Vivian’s attic, but forge a path of friendship, forgiveness, and new beginnings.

Orphan Island

Author : Laurel Snyder
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062443437
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Orphan Island written by Laurel Snyder and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Longlist title! "A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." —Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon "This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. Thought-provoking and magical." —Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series In the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Lois Lowry's The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island. On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts. And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them—and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again. Today’s Changing is no different. The boat arrives, taking away Jinny’s best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and leaving Jinny as the new Elder. Jinny knows her responsibility now—to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they’ve always been. But will she be ready for the inevitable day when the boat will come back—and take her away forever from the only home she’s known? "A unique and compelling story about nine children who live with no adults on a mysterious island. Anyone who has ever been scared of leaving their family will love this book" (from the Brightly.com review, which named Orphan Island a best book of 2017).

Orphan #8

Author : Kim van Alkemade
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780062338303
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Orphan #8 written by Kim van Alkemade and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and USA Today Bestseller In this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage years before. In 1919, Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York City’s Lower Eastside. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother Sam and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigured, Rachel suffers years of cruel harassment from the other orphans. But when she turns fifteen, she runs away to Colorado hoping to find the brother she lost and discovers a family she never knew she had. Though Rachel believes she’s shut out her painful childhood memories, years later she is confronted with her dark past when she becomes a nurse at Manhattan’s Old Hebrews Home and her patient is none other than the elderly, cancer-stricken Dr. Solomon. Rachel becomes obsessed with making Dr. Solomon acknowledge, and pay for, her wrongdoing. But each passing hour Rachel spends with the old doctor reveal to Rachel the complexities of her own nature. She realizes that a person’s fate—to be one who inflicts harm or one who heals—is not always set in stone. Lush in historical detail, rich in atmosphere and based on true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful, affecting novel of the unexpected choices we are compelled to make that can shape our destinies.

Orphan texts

Author : Laura Peters
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526130599
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Orphan texts written by Laura Peters and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of the first studies of its kind, Orphan texts seeks to insert the orphan, and the problems its existence poses, in the larger critical areas of the family and childhood in Victorian culture. In doing so, Laura Peters considers certain canonical texts alongside lesser known works from popular culture in order to establish the context in which discourses of orphanhood operated. The study argues that the prevalence of the orphan figure can be explained by considering the family. The family and all it came to represent – legitimacy, race and national belonging – was in crisis. In order to reaffirm itself the family needed a scapegoat: it found one in the orphan figure. As one who embodied the loss of the family, the orphan figure came to represent a dangerous threat to the family; and the family reaffirmed itself through the expulsion of this threatening difference. Orphan texts will be of interest to final year undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and those interested in the areas of Victorian literature, Victorian studies, postcolonial studies, history and popular culture.

O Give Me a Home: An Orphan's Story

Author : James Hursey
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365387283
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book O Give Me a Home: An Orphan's Story written by James Hursey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Orphan in Fiction and Comics since the 19th Century

Author : Marion Gymnich
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527515702
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis The Orphan in Fiction and Comics since the 19th Century by : Marion Gymnich

Download or read book The Orphan in Fiction and Comics since the 19th Century written by Marion Gymnich and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The orphan has turned out to be an extraordinarily versatile literary figure. By juxtaposing diverse fictional representations of orphans, this volume sheds light on the development of cultural concepts such as childhood, family, the status of parental legacy, individualism, identity and charity. The first chapter argues that the figure of the orphan was suitable for negotiating a remarkable range of cultural anxieties and discourses in novels from the Victorian period. This is followed by a discussion of both the (rare) examples of novels from the first half of the 20th century in which main characters are orphaned at a young age and Anglophone narratives written from the 1980s onward, when the figure of the orphan proliferated once more. The trope of the picaro, the theme of absence and the problem of parental substitutes are among the issues addressed in contemporary orphan narratives. The book also looks at the orphan motif in three popular fantasy series, namely Rowling’s Harry Potter septology, Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy and Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. It then traces the development of the orphan motif from the end of the 19th century to the present in a range of different types of comics, including funnies and gag-a-day strips, superhero comics, underground comix, and autobiographical comics.

Rereading Orphanhood

Author : Diane Warren
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474464386
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Rereading Orphanhood written by Diane Warren and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rereading Orphanhood: Texts, Inheritance, Kin explores the ways in which the figure of the literary orphan can be used to illuminate our understanding of the culture and mores of the long nineteenth century, especially those relating to family and kinship.

Brief Narrative of Facts relative to the Orphan Houses and the other objects of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution for home and abroad. ... Tenth [11th., 13th., 18th-21st, 36th-47th] report, etc

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Author : George Müller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Brief Narrative of Facts Relative to the Orphan Houses (to the New Orphan Houses ... on Ashley Down, Bristol) and Other Objects of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution for Home and Abroad

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Author : Scriptural Knowledge Institution for Home and Abroad (Bristol)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Orphan Train - Behind the Story

Author : Jillian Warman
Publisher : Behind the Story
ISBN 13 : 1500657972
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Orphan Train - Behind the Story written by Jillian Warman and published by Behind the Story. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christina Baker Kline wanted to do something she’d never done before: write a work of fiction based on historically accurate information. And if that’s not difficult enough, she faced incredible heartache in the midst of writing the book. But, Kline never gave up on her writing, pushing through the pain until Orphan Train was published. Her novel has enjoyed great success—in part because it discusses feelings many can relate to: neglect, rejection, hope, redemption. It isn’t a fairytale; rather, Kline created a work of authenticity—a work about struggle and hope and new beginnings. Orphan Train is also a fictional account of a real time in US history in which orphans were relocated to various homesteads in the Midwest. The journeys these children had to make involved much more than a train ride and Kline does a brilliant job illustrating what they went through. Orphan Train is a masterpiece in every way and a creative account of a very real time in US history. Experience: The Behind the Story Effect After reading a BTS... You feel inspired to follow your hearts and dreams... — Arshi Ever been backstage at a concert? Here you go -- in written form. — Author, Editor I felt enriched with knowledge about the book, and I felt like I knew more about the book. — Aspiring Author I felt like the Behind the Story offered a new look into the book, and appreciated that, as most of the time, that angle is unexplored. — Aspiring Author It makes me discover new things, and when I re-read the book, my emotions are different, deeper now that I understand what's behind the book.— Karlen I felt closer to the writer knowing more about them as a person and why they wrote what they wrote. — The Beta Reading Club Get ready for one of the most unique experiences you will ever have...this is definitely CliffNotes and SparkNotes on Steroids. — Author, Editor

Brief Narrative of facts relative to the new Orphan House of Ashley Down, Bristol, and the other objects of the Scripture Knowledge Institution, etc

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Author : George Müller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Brief Narrative of facts relative to the new Orphan House of Ashley Down, Bristol, and the other objects of the Scripture Knowledge Institution, etc written by George Müller and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Author : E. König
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137382023
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction written by E. König and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity.

The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Law and Literature

Author : Cheryl L. Nixon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317021940
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Law and Literature written by Cheryl L. Nixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheryl Nixon's book is the first to connect the eighteenth-century fictional orphan and factual orphan, emphasizing the legal concepts of estate, blood, and body. Examining novels by authors such as Eliza Haywood, Tobias Smollett, and Elizabeth Inchbald, and referencing never-before analyzed case records, Nixon reconstructs the narratives of real orphans in the British parliamentary, equity, and common law courts and compares them to the narratives of fictional orphans. The orphan's uncertain economic, familial, and bodily status creates opportunities to "plot" his or her future according to new ideologies of the social individual. Nixon demonstrates that the orphan encourages both fact and fiction to re-imagine structures of estate (property and inheritance), blood (familial origins and marriage), and body (gender and class mobility). Whereas studies of the orphan typically emphasize the poor urban foundling, Nixon focuses on the orphaned heir or heiress and his or her need to be situated in a domestic space. Arguing that the eighteenth century constructs the "valued" orphan, Nixon shows how the wealthy orphan became associated with new understandings of the individual. New archival research encompassing print and manuscript records from Parliament, Chancery, Exchequer, and King's Bench demonstrate the law's interest in the propertied orphan. The novel uses this figure to question the formulaic structures of narrative sub-genres such as the picaresque and romance and ultimately encourage the hybridization of such plots. As Nixon traces the orphan's contribution to the developing novel and developing ideology of the individual, she shows how the orphan creates factual and fictional understandings of class, family, and gender.

Brief Narrative of Facts Relative to the New Orphan Houses ... Founded by the Late George Müller

Author : James Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Brief Narrative of Facts Relative to the New Orphan Houses, on Ashley Down, Bristol, and Other Objects of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution For Home and Abroad

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Author : George Müller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brief Narrative of Facts Relative to the New Orphan Houses, on Ashley Down, Bristol, and Other Objects of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution For Home and Abroad written by George Müller and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cultural, Autobiographical and Absent Memories of Orphanhood

Author : Delyth Edwards
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319640399
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Cultural, Autobiographical and Absent Memories of Orphanhood written by Delyth Edwards and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an empirically informed understanding of how cultural, autobiographical and absent memories of orphanhood interact and interconnect or come into being in the re-telling of a life story and construction of an identity. The volume investigates how care experienced identities are embedded within personal, social and cultural practices of remembering. The book stems from research carried out into the life (hi)stories of twelve undervalued ‘historical witnesses’ (Roberts, 2002) of orphanhood: women who grew up in Nazareth House children’s home in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Several themes are covered, including histories of care in Northern Ireland, narratives and memories, sociologies of home, and self and identity. The result is an impressive text that works to introduce readers to the complexity of memory for care experienced people and what this means for their life story and identity.