The Nielsens are foster parents of Vivian who become her real family. Murphy is a landlady of Miss Larsen who doesn’t only gives Vivian a shelter but also finds her new parents. She gives the girl a hand after Vivian runs away from Grote’s house. Wilma hates the girl and makes her do all the work while Gerald starts making passes at her.
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Her life with them is difficult and full of struggles. Wilma and Gerald Grote are Vivian’s foster parents. Sorenson is an agent of the Children’s Aid Society. He was her first husband and the father of her one and only child. Before they were separated, he promised her to find her. Hans or Dutchy was a bold boy Vivian met on the orphan train. They were with Vivian on the orphan train. Scatcherd are agents of the Children’s Aid Society. Dominic and James Powerĭominic and James Power are Vivian’s younger brothers. She is a single parent, who adores her son. Although Molly finds it hard to trust him, they manage to sort their problems out. He is good-looking, good at playing football and well-liked by others. Dina Thibodeausĭina Thibodeaus is Ralph’s wife and Molly’s foster parent but the latter is a thing she is definitely not happy about. Ralph Thibodeaus is Molly’s foster parent. Molly meets Jack and Vivian and learns not to be afraid of feelings. When she moves in with Ralph and Dina, her life changes for better, but this improvement has nothing to do with either Ralph or Dina. She is constantly neglected and abandoned. After death of her father and her mother’s imprisonment, she has lived with different foster parents. Molly Ayer is the second protagonist of the story. As a 91-year-old widow living a lonely life, Vivian finds peace by recounting the story of her life to Molly Ayer and cleaning out her attic together. Her story is revealed bit by bit, so that a reader could follow Niamh Power’s transformation into Vivian Daly. Years of struggles wait for her, for she is not lucky to be adopted by kind and harmless people from the start. Soon enough she becomes an orphan and is put on an orphan train. She is an immigrant from Ireland whose family came to the USA in the first half of the 20th century. Niamh Power/Vivian Daly is one of the protagonists of the novel. Written by Julia Wolf and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine.
As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold Between 18, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.
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