This was a quick and compelling read. I thoroughly enjoy novels with parallel plots of historical fiction paired with events set in present day. (see also: The Girl You Left Behind, A Fall of Marigolds.) It was heartbreaking and fascinating to learn about the Orphan Train riders of the late 1800s/early 1900s. Some of the plot turns seemed predictable, but it satisfyingly ticks off all the boxes of a great story.