Screenplay writer and author, Sandra Warren, gets candid about the orphan train and raising gifted children on Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio (https://www.blogtalkradio.com/denise-turney-). Listeners learn about the orphan train, a “real life” movement that occurred from 1854 until 1929 in the United States. Approximately 250,000 children were sent on the orphan train, some separated from their parents for the remainder of their physical experiences. Other children were welcomed into caring homes after they were placed on the orphan train. Within her story, Obsessed By a Promise, Sandra Warren sheds light on these historic events, highlighting the fictional story of two brothers who were separated after one brother is placed on the orphan train.
Book lovers, historians, teachers, book club members and others who tune into this Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio feature interview, will also gain insight on how to advocate for gifted children, particularly as it regards education, learning and schools. A mother to gifted children, Sandra Warren has advocated for gifted children in parent/teacher organizations for decades. Toward this end, she also wrote early learner books If I Were a Road, If I Were A Table and The Great Bridge Lowering. These three books written by Sandra Warren continue to be used in schools today, about 38 years after the books were published.
During the interview, listeners will learn how Sandra worked with actors and music engineers to bring her story Arlie The Alligator to life. Today the book is available in DVD and CD form. Additionally, listeners will learn how JT an Bo get separated in her book, Obsessed By a Promise, about the orphan train movement. Insight into how Sandra develops a story into a novel is also shared. As with other Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio interviews, listeners will have the opportunity to ask questions live on air.
Sandra Warren grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Although she didn’t like to write in school, she went on to become a prolific writer. In fact, Sandra has written several books. She has also had her writing published in magazines, newspapers, journals, CDs and DVDs. She considers herself to be a “mountain woman”. Among the books that Sandra Warren has written there’s She Started It All, We Bought A WWII Bomber, The Blue Ridge Parkway and Obsessed By A Promise. Direct link to Sandra Warren’s feature interview is – https://www.blogtalkradio.com/denise-turney-/2021/06/26/historical-fiction-with-stinging-real-life-twists
Off The Shelf (https://www.blogtalkradio.com/denise-turney-) airs live on Saturday at 11am/EST. The show’s host, Denise Turney, is the author of the books Long Walk Up, Portia, Spiral, Love Has Many Faces, Rosetta The Talent Show Queen, Running Toward Freedom, Awaken Blessings of Inner Love, Gada’s Glory and Gregory The Lionhearted. Her new book, Love Pour Over Me, is a coming of age romantic mystery.
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