Lily Mae Dodge flees Wyoming by night to find her mother, who sent her west on an orphan train ten years ago. After she's arrested in Chicago, help comes from a man with a rare vision impairment whom she only just met on a train. Francis Basnett is a roustabout for the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, where he helps Lily gain employment. Their friendship grows into more, and it seems Lily is closer than ever to finding her mother. . .until the night a rogue troop train slams into the stalled circus train, killing dozens and splintering hope.
About The Author
Naomi is an award-winning author who crafts her stories from the pristine north woods of Wisconsin, where she and her husband Jeff live as epically as God allows near the families of their five children. She enjoys roaming around on the farm, snacking out of the garden, relaxing in her vintage camper, and loving on her passel of grandchildren. Naomi is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers; Faith, Hope, and Love Christian Writers; and the Lake Superior Writers. Though she has written in a variety of venues, her great love is historical fiction. She had three new releases in 2022. Her novel, Song for the Hunter is the sequel to Mist O’er the Voyageur, a 2019 Selah Awards finalist and two-time Book of the Year nominee. Not for Love is her novella in Barbour's new Lumberjacks & Ladies collection. Her Heroines of WWII novel titled Season of My Enemy releases in June. She is the author of several other series, collections, and stand-alone novels. Naomi would love to connect with you around the web and you can sign up for her monthly newsletter on her site.
My Review
This was such a great read, and the author kept me page turning from beginning to end.
Lilly has had a hard time during her young life, nineteen now, but for the last ten years she has been living with a family in Wyoming, not her own.
This is a read about the Orphan Train, WWI, a great train disaster, and a bit of sweet romance, and thrown in looking for your lost family.
We travel with a circus and meet some of the people that keep it running, and how they care for one another.
This is a story of loss and survival, and the love that comes from being part of a family, whether related by blood or circumstance.
Be sure to read the afterword, some great facts, and the authors use of them in this read.
I’ll be looking for more by this author!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Barbour, and was not required to give a positive review.
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