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Brothers Forever: An Orphan Story
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $20.95
ISBN13: 9780595442195
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jul 10 2007
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Two boys, who share a crib in a New York institution, are suddenly immersed as orphan train riders into Louisiana's Cajun/Creole folkways. One is adopted by a childless, doting couple; the other is indentured to hard-luck, hardscrabble farmers.
The former is spoiled beyond gratification; the other abused emotionally and physically with heart-aching, backbreaking servitude.
Throughout the continuing counterpoint of bare bones versus largesse, the boys stay true to their anthem of being Brothers Forever.
The author knows of what he writes. His grandfather, George Leary, was an indentured orphan train boy, who traveled from New York to Cottonport, Louisiana in the early twentieth century.
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