Rosemary J. Kind has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is New York Orphan.
The Appearance of Truth
Summary
When 30-year-old Lisa Forster begins to trace her family tree, she discovers her birth certificate belonged to a baby who died at four months old and is not in fact her own. Her apparently happy middle class upbringing was a myth and her parents had a dark secret. With Pete Laundon's help, Lisa sets about searching for the truth. She follows up all possible routes, until with no options left she goes to the newspapers for help. After 30 years, who if anyone knows: Who is Lisa Forster? Why was she never told? And who was the baby who died? The Appearance of Truth is the gripping tale of one woman's search for identity.
©2013 Rosemary J. Kind (P)2017 Rosemary J. Kind
New York Orphan
Summary
From fleeing the Irish Potato Famine to losing his parents on the ship to New York, seven-year-old Daniel Flynn knows about adversity. As Daniel sings the songs of home to earn pennies for food, pickpocket Thomas Reilly becomes his ally and friend until he, too, is cast out onto the street. A destitute refugee in a foreign land, Daniel, together with Thomas and his sister, Molly, are swept up by the Orphan Train Movement to find better lives with families across America. For Daniel, will the dream prove elusive? How strong are bonds of loyalty when everything is at stake? Based on real history, the strength of the characters in New York Orphan will move you with their desperate plight to survive.
©2017 Rosemary J. Kind (P)2019 Rosemary J. Kind
Unequal by Birth
Summary
1866: Daniel Flynn and Molly Reilly’s lives have been dogged by hardship since their orphan days on the streets of New York. Finally, the future is looking bright, and Indiana is the place they call home. Now they can focus on making Cochrane’s Farm a success. The Civil War might have ended, but the battle for Cochrane’s Farm has only just begun. The Reese brothers are incensed that land, once part of their family farm, has been transferred to the ownership of young Molly. No matter that their daddy had sold it years previously, jealousy and revenge have no regard for right. Women should know their place and this one clearly doesn’t. Times are changing, and a woman’s place is changing with it. How far will Daniel and Molly go to fight injustice, and is it a price worth paying?
©2019 Rosemary Kind (P)2020 Rosemary Kind