The Angel Children: Or, Stories from Cloud-Land

In Victorian England, two girls from opposite ends of the social ladder discover that love asks no questions about circumstance. Genevieve, a lonely heiress surrounded by toys but lacking a sibling to cherish, meets Hepsa, a child of the streets whose troubled home life has taught her hard lessons before her time. What begins as an unlikely friendship becomes a bridge across class divides, as Genevieve shares the gift of reading and the warmth of familial love while Hepsa teaches her new friend that happiness cannot be purchased. Set against both the harsh realities of nineteenth-century childhood and the misty borders of Cloud-Land, where angel children watch over their earthly counterparts, these tender stories explore what it means to give and receive compassion when you have little to offer but your own heart. The spiritual dimension that gives the collection its title infuses every tale with quiet hope: that kindness ripples beyond what we can see, and that even the smallest acts of love prepare children for something larger than themselves.