In the ‘Saint-Pierre 1902’ database, I was struck by several cases of requests to adopt orphan girls following the disaster, as these requests echoed a previous reading that had made just as much of an impression on me: the book Une poupée en Chocolat (A Chocolate Doll) by Amandine Gay. Today, I would like to take a brief look at this topic.
The adoptions of orphans from the 1902 disaster and Une poupée en chocolat (A Chocolate Doll) by Amandine Gay