Chasing Eleanor

By Kerry Chaput,

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Newly orphaned Magnolia Parker must protect her sick little brothers, but when the authorities send the boys to an unknown orphan asylum, Magnolia calls on her unwavering grit to bring them home. She's lost everything but still has a secret weapon—a promise from Eleanor Roosevelt, the most famous woman in…

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When a novel unfolds in my mind’s eye like a movie, I know I have found gold!

Kerry Chaput’s Chasing Eleanor is the hopeful tale of newly orphaned Magnolia Parker who took me by the hand and walked me through hardship, friendship, love, and what it means to do your best in a world gone astray. As Magnolia and friends traveled from state to state searching for Eleanor, I felt as though I was tagging along and seeing it all through my own eyes.

Bursting with words of wisdom from none other than Eleanor Roosevelt, herself, this beautifully told, emotion…

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