WHPC WOMEN’S EVENING BOOK CLUB

The Orphan Keeper by Cameron Wright HF

Based on a true story of 7-year-old Chellamuthu's life that changed when he was kidnapped from his village in India, sold to an orphanage, and adopted by a US couple. When he can speak enough English he tells his parents that he has a family in India. They try unsuccessfully to track down his family. Meanwhile, they change his name to Taj and make him part of their family. But Taj's questions: Who am I? Why was I taken? How do I get home? More than a decade later, Taj meets Priya, a girl from India with ties to his past. Is she the key to unveiling the secrets of his childhood, or is it too late?

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