Why did Tanya love this book?
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 filled, coming-of-age story reminds us that love doesn't always come from the places we expect but if we open our hearts, love will surely find us anyway.
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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 America. Setting out on a cross country quest, she befriends two unlikely travelers: Hop, a migrant worker with a big heart, and Red, a young girl traumatized into silence. Hunger and dust storms aren't the only dangers this found family faces on the rails. After an assault, they're forced to…