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World Castle Publishing
July 2011
On Sale: July 5, 2011
Featuring: Molly Fulton; Robert Blair; Stephen Blair
260 pages
ISBN: 1937085058
EAN: 9781937085056
Kindle: B0058V62X0
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A young family struggles to survive during Americaβs Great Depression while a mysterious benefactor relentlessly searches for them. They move from the slums of New York to a mansion in upstate New York on a journey that will forever change their lives and their destinies. Robert, Ellen and Stephen Blair are a small family living in the slums of New York City during the Great Depression in 1930. Robert works on the docks with other men in similar situations and develops deep friendships with them as well as with the Danford family living across the hall. Robert frequently notices a black limousine as he walks to and from the docks. He is curious about its presence in his neighborhood. Robert returns to work after Christmas and learns the company has closed their office at that location. He and Cletus Danford are without work. He returns home to tell his family and then he and Cletus embark on a quest to find more work. As he leaves the building, the black limousine he has seen previously stops in front of him. Molly Fulton and her chauffeur Walter Monroe exit the limo. Molly offers Robert a job on her estate making $3 a day. He eagerly accepts this generous offer, in shock that this opportunity literally fell into his lap. Cletus finds a job at a local grocery store the same day and the friends rejoice over their good fortune. Walter picks Robert up each morning and brings him home each night but Robert is concerned that the estate is more than an hour out of the city. A snowstorm strands Walter in the Blair apartment and he reports back to Molly regarding the living conditions of the family. Molly is a generous and kind employer and is deeply concerned regarding their hardships. She offers Ellen a position as house manager for Fulton Manor and requests that the family move into the manor. They accept her offer. The small family settles in quickly and Molly thrives with their presence. She and Stephen develop a fast friendship. Stephen contracts pneumonia shortly after arriving at the manor but makes a slow recovery thanks to excellent medical care provided by Molly. On a trip to the village near the manor after Stephen recovers, Dooble Howell, a man with a disability, is hired to help on the estate so that Robert can work in the Fulton Engine Company. In the spring, Ellen discovers that sheβs pregnant and Patty Darby is hired to help with the cleaning and cooking at the home. Dooble and Pattie fall in love and are married in the manor at Thanksgiving. The day after Christmas, Ellen gives birth to a little girl and at Stephenβs suggestion, she is named Molly Elizabeth, after Molly Fulton. The Danfords and their two small children leave New York and join their friends and the work force at Fulton Manor In February, Molly suffers a minor heart attack and Robert learns that she is his biological mother. She was forced by her father to give Robert up for adoption when Robertβs father was killed in a riverboat accident before he and Molly were married. Molly had been searching for Robert since his birth in a home for unwed mothers. Robert is shocked but understands what happened when his mother explains to him after her return from the hospital. He also understands her acceptance of his family and her love of the children. He is able to visit his fatherβs grave and have closure regarding his personal history. Molly adopts Robert so that the whole family can have the Fulton name as they are rightly entitled. Fearless Heart is filled with charming, believable characters and is a reminder of the dark days of the Great Depression in America while celebrating the courage and strength of the human spirit in times of adversity and hardship. Heartwarming bravery and determination under the most adverse conditions offer hope, entertainment and encouragement to the reader.
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