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Raised on a farm, Tabitha Salt, the daughter of Irish immigrants, leads a bucolic and sheltered existence. When tragedy strikes the family, Tabitha and her mother are forced to move to the notorious Five Points District in New York City, know for its brothels, gangs, gambling halls, corrupt politicians and theives. As they struggle to survive in their new living conditions, tragedy strikes again. Young Tabitha resorts to lfife alone on the streets of New York, dreaming of a happier future.
The Sisters of Charity are taking orphans off the streets with promises of a new life. Children are to forget their pasts, their religous beliefs, families and names. They offer Tabitha a choice: stay in Five Points or board the orphan train and go West in search of a new life.
The harrowing journey and the decision to leave everything behind launches Tabitha on a path from which she can never return.
Table of Content
CONTENTSk
Prologue 1920. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
ONE City Life, 1860. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
TWO The Five Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
THREE Alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
FOUR Orphan Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
FIVE Mary: Binghamton, New York 1860. . . . . . . . . 61
SIX Scotty: New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SEVEN Edmund: Suffering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
EIGHT Gert: A Different Kind of Education. . . . . . . 109
NINE Mary: In Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
TEN Scotty: The Wright Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
ELEVEN Gert: The Client List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
TWELVE Edmund: Saving Gert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
THIRTEEN Mary: Unexpected Joys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
FOURTEEN Bartholomew: Observations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
FIFTEEN Gert: Amnesia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
SIXTEEN Edmund: Men Are Bastards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
SEVENTEEN Scotty: The Fight Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
EIGHTEEN Mary: Meeting Sonya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
NINETEEN Scotty: Place Your Bets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
TWENTY Pauli: After All These Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
TWENTY-ONE Scotty: The Proposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
TWENTY-TWO Gert: Potions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
TWENTY-THREE Edmund: Suspects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
TWENTY-FOUR Mary: Striking It Rich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
TWENTY-FIVE Gert: Heaven Scents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
TWENTY-SIX Edmund: Too Much. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
TWENTY-SEVEN Mary: Saying I Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Mary: Epilogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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