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Courting Miss Adelaide (Noblesville, Indiana Series, Book 1) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical #16)
by
Janet Dean (Goodreads Author)
The "orphan train" seemed like small-town spinster Adelaide Crum's last chance to know the simple joys of family life. So many lost children, every one of them dreaming only of a caring home--the home she longed to offer. And yet the narrow-minded town elders refused to entrust even the most desperate child to a woman alone....Newspaperman Charles Graves believed his heart...more
Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
Published
September 9th 2008
by Steeple Hill
(first published September 1st 2008)
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GREAT BOOK!!!...Great storyline about women's rights and spousal and abuse. And how these issues were probably dealt with in the late 1800's....LOVED Addie & Charles. Addies longing to adopt a child (a daughter) her difficulty to achieve her dream and all the obstacles....Because she was unmarried (a spinster) at that time period. Addie's adorable relationship with little Emma!!!! Just a GREAT Historical read!!! I'd recommend it even if your not crazy about romance, but you ARE in to Histori...more
This was a very enjoyable story, and very suspenseful in parts. Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres, and reading about an orphan train in the late 1890's that stopped in Noblesville, Indiana was fascinating, especially since I live in that area. I understand the actual train the story is based on was years earlier than the time period the author placed the story in, but it was neat to know that it was partially based on an actual event. Many characters in this novel are dealing with,...more
Not my usual read...started off rather slow for me, and I even put it down for a day after the first two chapters because the subject matter of Christianity and adoption turned me off. I felt guilty about putting the book down and am glad I picked it back up. The mystery, romance, love of child, relationships past and present made for an excellent read.
Cute, fun likable.
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Cute story
It is wonderful story to read. it make me start wear hats.. I used to wear them. I like this main character Adelaide shows her encouragement and love..
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It is heart wrenching to know that orphans were taken in just to be farm workers, although I suppose even the farmers own children could be used for working in the same way
Adelaide pushes for rights for women in a time when there weren't many. She wanted to be able to take in one of the orphan's from the train but the men in charge refused to allow a single woman to care for a child.
The book was also on carrying our childhoods with us into adulthood.
A good read.
Adelaide pushes for rights for women in a time when there weren't many. She wanted to be able to take in one of the orphan's from the train but the men in charge refused to allow a single woman to care for a child.
The book was also on carrying our childhoods with us into adulthood.
A good read.
This was a fun,quick read. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed reading fiction until I picked this book up...it had been so long.
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Quite enjoyable, but still hard hitting.
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I live in Noblesville. It was great to read the story and picture in my mind the exact places mentioned in the book around the Square. I live in the present, but I could easily picture the past.
I liked it a lot. It was hard at times because I know child abuse was going on and no one would help. But it all turned out well in the end.
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Janet Dean grew up in a family who cherished the past and had a strong creative streak. Her father recounted fascinating stories, like his father before him. The tales they told instilled in Janet a love of history and the desire to write.
She married her college sweetheart and taught first grade before leaving to rear two daughters, but Janet never lost interest in American history and the accoun...more
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She married her college sweetheart and taught first grade before leaving to rear two daughters, but Janet never lost interest in American history and the accoun...more
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