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The little orphan
Inspired by a True Story
At the age of three, Loredana falls onto a hot stove while chasing a cat, which happened to be chasing a rat inside her home. The burn from the extreme heat sends her into a coma.
A coma that lasts for three months.
And, by some sort of miracle, she comes out of the it, and is sent to an orphanage where she learns that her Mother has abandoned her. Her Mother tells anyone that would listen that her daughter was dead.
Under the tutorship of Miss Lupu, who disliked Loredana, begins the lamenting life of the little orphan. A life filled with repeated injury, germ infested bathrooms and dormitories, inedible food served in meagre portions, violent and cruel monitors.
Each week brings new danger; fear of being adopted by organ traffickers, or “the walk to the butcher”, as they called it, or prostitution, for which Romanian orphanages were renowned. Luckily, Loredana is spared from that fate, as she is much too young at the time to be of interest to clients looking for cheap prostitution!
