Lost and Found

About this book

On Christmas Eve 1930 in Americas dust bowl a young woman delivers her baby alone. Plain warmhearted Martha Drusso takes the downy-haired infant she names Belle to raise as her own along with another orphan in her care a little boy named R.C. But when Belle is three her stepbrother mistakenly puts her on a train bound for Los Angeles then leaves to get her a treat. The train takes off and Belle is pitched into a childs worst nightmare: a series of orphanages and foster homes. When she is adopted into a loving Japanese-American family it seems Belles troubles are over -- until World War II breaks out. Never defeated Belle is adopted again and her beautiful singing voice ultimately leads her to Hollywood and to love and marriage. All the while Martha and R.C. steadfastly continue to search for Belle. For thirty years they believe that the persistence of their hearts will bring their little family together again . . . . "The power and integrity of Harriss prose turn this novel into something valuable." -- Atlanta Journal & Constitution