Wind And Shadow

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“The true history of humankind is told only in part in the tales of the “great events” that make it into our archives. Much of the true merit of humanity, perhaps even at times the best part of it, rests in what is accepted as common and ordinary. Like the daily sunrise, we take much of what is wonderful around us for granted, while writing down notes furiously to record what is often the worst about us. Ellen’s dreams are modest by the standards of some, for she dreams not of achieving great glories and amassing vast riches, she hopes not for fame and adulation by strangers, not of conquering or destroying nations or philosophies, but of simply growing up and being loved, of marrying and achieving the joy of raising her own small family, of loving her own children, of living in peace, of being happy… …a common, ordinary dream…as common as radiant sunshine….” —Wind and Shadow Ellen, the young girl whose early life we follow in Wind and Shadow dreams of happiness, too young to know that adversity is also a part of life and that pain and suffering would surely seek her out. Like many of those who left their homeland to search for a better life in America, she would struggle and fight, and, in fighting, would either survive or be lost.

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