Parental Abandonment/Literature: Difference between revisions

* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', Freckles was a [[Door Step Baby]] -- and was seriously injured at the time. He is deeply distressed by the thought he might come from a terrible family.

* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''Michael O'Halloran'', Mickey's father died of drink, and then his mother, with no cause given. Near the opening of the story, he meets a crippled girl named Peaches, whose granny died and so will be taken to the Home.

 

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