![]() ![]() ![]() Each time her name changes, it reveals how the process strips away her identity. Later when another couple adopts her, she takes the name of the couple’s deceased child, Vivian Daly. When she first arrives in Minnesota and she’s taken in by a couple, the woman of the house decides to call her Dorothy Nielsen. As a child in Ireland, she is named Niamh Power. Over the course of the novel she has different names, which reflect changes in her circumstances. ![]() Niamh/Vivian is primary main character and she narrates the historical timeline. There are two main characters in this novel. Although they are different in age, the two might have some common ground. Much later in life she meets foster kid Molly Ayer. A couple does take her in, but her journey is a rocky one. When she loses her parents, she is put on an orphan train to the Midwest with the hope she will be taken in by a family along the way. Summary: Niamh/Vivian moved with her parents from Ireland to New York City right before the Great Depression. Time to discuss the next novel from The Bestseller Code 100 list, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, from a writer’s perspective. ![]()
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