All the Children Are Home

Patry Francis

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A sweeping saga in the vein of Ask
Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling
triumph and wrenching heartbreak--from the author of The Orphans at Race
Point.

Set in the late 1950s through 1960s in a small town in
Massachusetts, All the Children Are Home follows the
Moscatelli family--Dahlia and Louie, foster parents, and their long-term foster
children Jimmy, Zaidie, and Jon--and the irrevocable changes in their lives when
a six-year-old indigenous girl, Agnes, comes to live with them.
When Dahlia decided to become a foster mother, she had a few
caveats: no howling newborns, no delinquents, and above all, no girls. A
harrowing incident years before left her a virtual prisoner in her own home,
forever wary of the heartbreak and limitation of a girl's life.
Eleven years after they began fostering, Dahlia and Louie consider their family
complete, but when the social worker begs them to take a young girl who has
been horrifically abused and neglected, they can't say no.
Six-year-old Agnes Juniper arrives with no knowledge of her
Native American heritage or herself beyond a box of trinkets given to her by
her mother and dreamlike memories of her sister. As the years pass and outside forces threaten to tear them apart,
the children, now young adults, must find the courage and resilience
to save themselves and each other. Heartfelt and enthralling, All the Children Are Home is
a moving testament to the enduring power of love in the face of devastating
loss.

Book Details

Publisher: Harper Large Print
Publish Date: Apr 13rd, 2021
Pages: 544
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.90in - 1.40in - 1.20lb
EAN: 9780063063099
Categories: • Coming of Age• Family Life - Siblings• Literary

About the Author

Francis, Patry: -

Patry Francis was the author of All the Children Are Home, The Orphans of Race Point and The Liar's Diary, as well as the blog "100 Days of Discipline for Writers." Her short stories and poetry appeared in the Tampa Review, Antioch Review, Colorado Review, Ontario Review, and American Poetry Review, among other publications. She was a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and twice the recipient of the Mass Cultural Council grant.

Praise for this book

"With All the Children Are Home, Patry Francis unspools the sort of heartbreak we only see in the periphery of the news: broken families, abandoned children, lives destroyed by cruelty and violence. As the Moscatelli family gains and loses an assortment of foster children, it also becomes a story that wrests hope and joy out of dark moments, reminding us that family does not require kinship. True family is built of love and perseverance. If this incredibly moving book doesn't bring you to tears, I worry you've misplaced your heart."

- Bryn Greenwood, New York Times bestselling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
"This moving novel grabs you by the heart right away and doesn't let go, celebrating the strength of the children who survive tragedy, the adults who take them in and love them, and the diverse families we make not from the people we might be born to but the people who are there and care." - Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Family and Those Who Save Us
"The shifting viewpoints and well-rounded characters coalesce to create a tragic and resilient image of an atypical family. This powerful and deeply moving story deserves a wide audience. " - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Patry Francis has written the sort of sprawling, Dickensian novel that readers long for in this post-modern age....The Orphans of Race Point has a breakneck pace, engaging characters, and a vividly rendered setting." - Providence Journal
"A Dickensian story....Its themes of passionate treachery and abiding love play out in sometimes heartbreaking ways. Recommend to readers wondering what to read after The Goldfinch." - Library Journal (starred review)
"Patry Francis has written a book with an explosion of remarkable voices. There are two hearts to the story - the wise and vulnerable children who survive and thrive in extraordinary circumstances and the foster mother who understands them in a way nobody else ever could. How Patry Francis stitches their lives together is a triumph." - Patricia Dann, author of The Wright Sister
"A shattering story of how the human spirit can surmount any odds. Gorgeously written, profound, and so inspiring it could be a road map of how to live." - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times Bestselling author of Pictures of You and With or Without You
"At the heart of Patry Francis' brilliant new novel is a gorgeous and powerful exploration of unconditional love--masterful in scope and saturated with breathtaking truths on every page. A timeless story set in the 1950s, All the Children Are Home embraces the many voices of the Moscatelli's foster children and their foster mother--all of them harmed by trauma, abuse and, most of all--abandonment--as they wrestle with the darkest forces of humanity and forge their way toward the light."
- Jessica Keener, author of Strangers in Budapest
"Like Dahlia with her foster-children, Francis cleverly allows each character talk and move and grow at their own pace. The rhythms of the story are those of family life: the stories and relationships grow over the stretch of years, and at the end we feel as a young adult feels when they are on the brink of leaving home: we suddenly look back see it all for the first time, all in the round." - Frances Liardet, New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be Brave
"Set against the coast of Provincetown, Patry Francis's fierce, ravishing epic cuts deep to the bone about how love binds us together and breaks us apart, and how the past's thumbprint rests on the present. Tender, violent, and alive, it's also unforgettable." - Caroline Leavitt
"This beautifully wrought novel is a sometimes wrenching but ultimately uplifting story of murder and betrayal in the face of faith, family in its truest sense, and--most of all--love." - Booklist (starred review)
"Stretching over more than three decades, it's a gripping tale of stubborn love, the legacy of domestic violence, and the family secrets children keep. A noir element crops up, too." - Boston Globe