Today's KDD: Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage, by KindleBoards regular Kay Bratt. Normally $9.99, now $1.99!80% off, today only! 354 pages. 237 of 269 reviews are four stars and above.
Kay is a regular on our forum, very active in our Writers' Café. It's great to see her as today's Kindle Daily Deal. And the reviews of her memoir prove it deserves to be there!
Amazon reviewer CHH "luv2read" says: "As an adoptive parent of two children from China, I was extremely interested in reading this book. I found it was not always an easy read, especially for someone close to the subject. I appreciated that someone not at all connected with adoption decided to spend much of her time giving to children who had no voice. At times, you see that the stress took a toll on Ms. Bratt both mentally and physically. Silent Tears is Kaye Bratt's journal of the time she spent in China from spring 2003 to summer of 2007. She states that what she wishes to accomplish in writing this book is to tell the story of the children she worked with in the Social Welfare Institute ("SWI"). I believe that she does tell the story of the children she came into contact with. In doing this, she forces us to look at our own lives and what we can do to make a difference where we are."
Irrepressible memories. Vacant eyes. A child being dangled from a third story window. A boy tied to a chair. Children sleeping in layers of clothing to fight off the bitter cold. An infant dying from starvation. Some things your mind will never allow you to forget.
Silent Tears is the true story of the adversity and triumphs one woman faced as she fought against the Chinese bureaucracy to help that country’s orphaned children.
In 2003, Kay Bratt’s life changed dramatically. A wife and mother of two girls in South Carolina, Bratt relocated her family to rural China to support her husband as he took on a new management position for his American employer. Seeking a way to fill her days and overcome the isolation she experienced upon arriving in a foreign country, Bratt began volunteering at the local orphanage. Within months, her simple desire to make use of her time transformed into a heroic crusade to improve the living conditions and minimize the unnecessary deaths of Chinese orphans.
Silent Tears traces the emotional hurdles and daily frustrations faced by Ms. Bratt as she tried to change the social conditions for these marginalized children. The memoir vividly illustrates how she was able to pull from reservoirs of inner strength to pursue her mission day after day, leaving the reader with the resounding message that everyone really can make a difference.
Silent Tears is the true story of the adversity and triumphs one woman faced as she fought against the Chinese bureaucracy to help that country’s orphaned children.
In 2003, Kay Bratt’s life changed dramatically. A wife and mother of two girls in South Carolina, Bratt relocated her family to rural China to support her husband as he took on a new management position for his American employer. Seeking a way to fill her days and overcome the isolation she experienced upon arriving in a foreign country, Bratt began volunteering at the local orphanage. Within months, her simple desire to make use of her time transformed into a heroic crusade to improve the living conditions and minimize the unnecessary deaths of Chinese orphans.
Silent Tears traces the emotional hurdles and daily frustrations faced by Ms. Bratt as she tried to change the social conditions for these marginalized children. The memoir vividly illustrates how she was able to pull from reservoirs of inner strength to pursue her mission day after day, leaving the reader with the resounding message that everyone really can make a difference.
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