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The Orphan Keeper: Adapted for Young Readers Audiobook
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Based on a remarkable true story
Seven-year-old Chellamuthu’s life—and his destiny—is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America.
Chellamuthu is suddenly surrounded by a foreign land and a foreign language. He can’t tell people that he already has a family and becomes consumed by a single, impossible question: “How do I get home? But after more than a decade, home becomes a much more complicated idea as the Indian boy eventually sheds his past and receives a new name: Taj Khyber Rowland.
It isn’t until Taj meets an Indian family who helps him rediscover his roots, as well as marrying Priya, his wife, who helps him unveil the secrets of his past, that he begins to discover the truth he has all but forgotten. Taj is determined to return to India and begin the quest to find his birth family. But is it too late? Is it possible that his birth mother is still looking for him? And which family does he belong to now?
From the best-selling author The Rent Collector, this is a deeply moving and gripping journey about discovering one’s self and the unbreakable family bonds that connect us forever.
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“Truly a remarkable story of one young man’s journey to discover his past. Camron Wright’s fascinating novel is actually based on a true story, which makes it all the more powerful.”
— Portland Book Review
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“Wright turns the story of the real-life Chellamuthu/Taj into a meditation on identity and the meaning of family.”
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“A deftly crafted and consistently compelling read from beginning to end. Riveting story of self-discovery…Very highly recommended.”
— Midwest Book Review
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About Camron Wright
Camron Wright began writing to get out of attending business school, and it proved the better decision. His first book, Letters for Emily, was a Readers’ Choice Award winner and named a selection of the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. The Orphan Keeper won the Foreword Reviews Indie Book of the Year Gold in Multicultural Fiction.
About Neil Shah
Neil Shah is an Audie-nominated and multi AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator who has recorded over 250 audiobooks spanning across almost every genre, as well as numerous long-form journalism articles. AudioFile magazine has commended him for “an absolutely mesmerizing listening experience” and as “an outstanding narrator who adds a healthy dose of personality to each of the characters.” As a classically trained actor, he has appeared off Broadway and on regional stages, as well as in film and television. He records from his home studio in Oregon’s beautiful Wine Country.