What was the author’s purpose? Support your choice using an example in the book. How was the example you chose persuasive, informative, and or entertaining for you personally?
Christina Baker Kline's Inspiration for the novel came from her husband's grandfather, Frank Robertson, who was believed to have travelled on an orphan train. As she researched his history she came across original lists of orphans from foundling hospitals and notes from desperate mothers explaining why they were giving up their children, all in a collection at New York Public Library. As her own heritage is partly Irish, Baker Kline decided on an Irish protagonist for her novel.
