Keeper of Lost Children

by Sadeqa Johnson

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Book of the Day, NPR · March 2, 2026

Author was struck by story of mixed-race orphans behind 'Keeper of Lost Children'

A historical novel told from three vantage points following the story of mixed-race children orphaned in Germany after WWII, centred on a character named Ethel Gathers based on the real-life woman Mabel Grammer.

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