In “The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow,” Kristen Martin shows that orphanhood is neither a trope nor a metaphor.

In 1849, Charles Loring Brace, the founder of the Orphan Train Movement, arrived in New York City. He was a Presbyterian minister who wanted to help the poor. By 1850, between 10,000 and 30,000 ...

Many of the children found in orphanages in countries like Nepal and Cambodia come from poor backgrounds, and are handed over by their families on the promise of receiving an education ...