In The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood (2024), Kristen Martin questions the mythologized story of American orphanhood in 3 parts.

From the publisher:

“Martin reveals the mission of religious indoctrination that was at the core of the first orphanages, the orphan trains that took parentless children out West (often without a choice), and the inherent classism and racism that still underlies the United States' approach to child welfare.”