PDF An Orphan in the Snow The heartwarming saga you need to read this year edition by Molly Green Literature Fiction eBooks

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An Orphan in the Snow The heartwarming saga you need to read this year edition by Molly Green Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

• Dr. Barnardo’s homes were prevalent in England before, during and after W.W.II. “An Orphan in the Snow” by Molly Green is one novel in her series telling about one of the homes’ staff and children.
  
  The story begins during W.W. II with June Lavendar’s recollection of her small sister’s death at the hands of her father. Although she is bound to the family to care for her sickly mother, after her death, June heads for her new job at Liverpool’s Dr. Barnardo’s home. On the train, to Liverpool, she bumps into RAF Flight Lieutenant Murray Andrews, thinking at the time how handsome he is, but wanting nothing to do with getting involved with any man.
  
  Her arrival at the home is less than congenial because of the attitude of the Matron, who is called The Fierce One behind her back. June finds that Matron has no compassion or care for those children in her care. In particular, one little girl who has lost her whole family in the bombing does not speak, probably from the trauma of her loss. June tries to befriend her, against the wishes of the Matron and succeeds in helping the little one.
  
  Lt. Andrews is not out of the picture either. He and she meet up again at a dance put on by the soldiers of the nearby camp and the townspeople. Their attraction is obvious, but both are reluctant to commit to anyone at this time of war.
  
  June, in the meantime, is fighting for the children to have a better life than what Matron is providing for them. She makes it her personal business to see that all the children are aware of the fondness that the staff at the home feel for them. She wants them to have at least some semblance of normalcy in the crazy time of war.
  
  I loved this book and have read more in the series by Ms. Green. I felt a part of the times when I read about them in this book. War is a nasty business and the most we can hope for is that the children are cared for. I will look for more novels by this author.
• June had a horrible childhood and the loss of her younger sister by an abusive father haunted her. When a job came up as a nursery nurse at Dr. Barnardo's home for orphans, June saw this as a way to make up for Clara's death. Little did June know that she would soon face the evil matron of the house who to all apprearances seemed to hate kids.
  
  This book had it all. The war was raging and things were rationed, the home was near an air base so we had dances with the soldiers and love interests. June was a character who was young and yet knew how to relate to children, even those with real problems caused by the horrors of war. The matron was developed as a character that you hated from the start. You wondered how young June was going to survive her when she seemed to clearly hate June and gave her jobs that were not a part of what the matron's assistant would be doing, while she avoided work herself. Luckily, Green also developed some characters that could help support June and clearly enjoyed their work with the children.
  
  If I know that a book revolves around war, I tend to avoid it. I read my friend, Anita's review and thought that since our tastes were similar I would probably enjoy this one. She was right when she recommended it to me. It certainly deserved the rating that I gave it and gave you a glimpse of what war was like for the children.
• Very good book! Can't wait till her next book, "An Orphan's War" is available! I love historical fiction and this one touches on a subject that is sometimes overlooked, the orphans that were affected by the second World War!! I highly recommend to anyone who likes historical fiction!!
• I gave this book 3-1/2 stars as it didn't quite reach a 4-star status. There was so much repetitiveness. The same things were hashed around hundreds of times, misunderstandings, details given again and again. The book could've been a third shorter. This is an easy read, and it was very predictable. It was pleasant enough, but not very deep in thought or plot. I did like the main character, June. For 20 years old, though, she was able to handle things pretty well with only a few breakdowns here and there. However, she went through hard times when she was younger. The Matron was a stormy character. She was a good antagonist, but I wasn't satisfied with how things ended with her. There wasn't a solid reasoning. I won't say more so it's not spoiled for future readers. The cook was amiable, and Iris was good as June's friend. Being so different, they complemented each other. All in all, it was a pretty good story, but tedious with the repetiveness.
• An Orphan in the Snow The heart-warming saga you need to read this year is written by Molly Green. This is the second in the series although it actually takes place before An Orphan’s War. Once you start reading, you can’t stop until you finish. Although it is fiction, it is based on the real-life orphanages set up by Dr. Barnado during the Second World War.
  June Lavender left home to travel to Liverpool to work at Dr. Barnado’s orphanage there. She was a nursery nurse; so teaching children came next. She was to be the assistant to the Matron. This meant she did whatever the Matron told her to do. June saw a lot of things that needed to be changed at the Home but the Matron wouldn’t let her change anything. However, June did change things using a round about way to do it. She met Murray on the train to Liverpool and their romance had to be worked around the Matron. Miscommunication doesn’t help.
  The book is very good and I highly recommend