title: Home Away From Home: The Forgotten History of Orphanages
author: Richard B. McKenzie
description: <div> <BR>Professor Richard B. McKenzie is an unusual man; brilliant by nature and enlightened by experience. His willingness to seek the truth and social justice for the weakest members of society, children without functional parents, is as courageous as it is important. How a society cares for its weakest members tells how just and sensitive we are as a people. In this absorbing and historically important book, Dr. McKenzie has collected a history and analysis of how societies throughout time have dealt with their most vulnerable members. This is a must read for anyone involved with child welfare or early childhood education.<BR> <BR>&mdash The Honorable Gary C. Byrne, PhD, President, Vesta Umbrella, LLC<BR> <BR>Eye-opening and insightful, this book does an effective job of destroying the myths of orphanages as Dickensian images of jail-like institutions. It shows them as effective, supportive, and caring with good living conditions to raise mentally and physically healthy children.<BR> <BR>&mdash Donald H. Whitney, Founder, President, and CEO, World Children&#8217;s Center<BR> <BR>Home Away from Home is an invaluable contribution to the discussion of the value and the motivations behind orphanages and residential schools for at-risk children.<BR> <BR>&mdash Heidi Goldsmith, Founder and Executive Director, CORE: Coalition for Residential Education</div>
zlib_text: > A BABY ON THE DOORSTEP
  
  > AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING AND HEARTBREAKING HISTORICAL FICTION PAGE-TURNER
  
  > RACHEL WESSON
  
  > ![](Images/image00190.jpeg)[ ](http://www.bookouture.com)
  
  > BOOKS BY RACHEL WESSON
  
  1. __[__A Home for Unloved Orphans__](https://geni.us/B08DNVKX4Cendmatter2)
  
  2\. [__A Baby on the Doorstep__](https://geni.us/B08MWH6K69endmatter2)
  
  Available in Audio
  
   _A Home for Unloved Orphans_ (Available in the [_UK_](http://zpr.io/HwjXS)
  and in the [_US_](http://zpr.io/HwjXr) )
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Prologue_
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 10_
  
  >  _Chapter 11_
  
  >  _Chapter 12_
  
  >  _Chapter 13_
  
  >  _Chapter 14_
  
  >  _Chapter 15_
  
  >  _Chapter 16_
  
  >  _Chapter 17_
  
  >  _Chapter 18_
  
  >  _Chapter 19_
  
  >  _Chapter 20_
  
  >  _Chapter 21_
  
  >  _Chapter 22_
  
  >  _Chapter 23_
  
  >  _Chapter 24_
  
  >  _Chapter 25_
  
  >  _Chapter 26_
  
  >  _Chapter 27_
  
  >  _Chapter 28_
  
  >  _Chapter 29