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Leah Walker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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A Fifty Year Reunion

Submitted to Contest #278

Note: this story mentions the abuse that occurred in a State institution called Junior Village and could be upsetting to some readers. Years ago our family fostered a brother and sister team in Junior Village. Junior Village was intended to be a good place where disenfranchised children could be housed until their parents could get their act together, or a relative would step up, or some family would take them in. Between 1958 and 1973, thousands of children crossed through its threshold to end up being assigned to a “cottage” and consigned ...

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