Review: Review of Bishop Street by Scarlett Jensen Author of The Angel with Burnt Wings
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
The reader meets 4 characters in the main roles, each with his own pain of the past, bound together by their heritage: a life together as children at the Bishop Street Orphanage 20 years prior. Each went his own way but the common hardships and losses they experienced, were the same. Each could tell of:*  loss of a warm family life,*  feeling of abandonment,*  poverty, isolation, guilt and shame.Maggie, the driving force in the story, sets out to find her childhood friends from the orphanage after all those years.We also see how the survival forces play out through each character leading the strongwilled and talented to succeed while how the negative forces of evil consume a spirit and break the self down, not meaning that the successful will not feel lost spiritually. The longing for a sense of belonging and love, is within us all.The story takes you realistically through the past of each character on memory lane, showing how support of friends and mentorship carry one through life. One's soul is lost without belonging, but there is hope to overcome the emotional downfalls lack of a family brings. Victory lies within all of us but not without the help and trust we have in our fellowmen and broader society.This is a well-bodied and well-rounded story written by a committed author seasoned in her craft. The content is well- researched and easily understood through her clear narrative and descriptive style. I loved how she used the portrait of the four characters as the only tangeable stronghold for the search and how it symbolized their spiritual connection with  each other.