‘A Home For Unloved Orphans’ by Rachel Wesson is a historical fiction book set in the 1930s in America, during the Depression.
Lauren Greenwood is one of the lucky ones, she lives a sheltered life of luxury. The day arrives that she meets some children standing outside Macy’s in New York. From this moment on, she decides she needs to do what she can to help the children who have less than they should. The difference between those with money and those without is startling for her. Lauren vows to help, her father on the other hand is expecting Lauren to marry a man he has handpicked, Justin, old money and all the connections. Lauren breaks off her engagement and her father throws her out.
She discovers an orphanage, run down and dilapidated in the Virginia countryside. This building is home to the orphans who have no one else, living in horrible conditions and needing to huddle with the other orphans for body heat. Lauren has a mission from here on in. She is determined to keep these children together and get their living conditions as they should be. This is a long, hard road to travel and Lauren is only at the beginning, can she do this?
I was torn apart reading this story, for Lauren and the orphans. She is born wealthy and has little or no understanding of the suffering of the poor, but she goes all the way to help them. I really loved Lauren, she may have been without knowledge but she has a big heart and it showed. This is a heartwarming and emotional book that I just had to finish. The plight of the children just stuck in my mind and the battles they had. I had to see if Lauren managed her quest.
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the book today for my review.
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