Unveiling Forgotten Shadows: The Disturbing Truth Behind America’s Orphan Crisis in Kristen Martin’s Latest Exposé
Reviewed by Carolyn Roy-Bornstein
What many of us know about orphans has been shaped largely around fiction. From the comic strip Little Orphan Annie to the novel series The Boxcar Children; from Annie the musical to after school TV specials like Party of Five, the narrative arc of the American orphan is the same. Parents die an untimely death. Orphaned children are taken in by cruel adults who serve to magnify the children’s misfortune. Ultimately, the orphans overcome their pitiful circumstances, escape their fate, and thrive in a vast world of possibility.
