Orphaned by the Adana massacre of 1909, Mariam and her siblings, together with their friend Kevork and his aunt, travel home to Marash hoping to find their remaining family still alive. Six years later, when the teens face deportation from Turkey, they are torn apart despite their best efforts to stay together. One thing sustains them throughout their horrifying ordeals - the hope that they might one day by reunited. A sequel to the highly successful The Hunger, Nobody‘s Child is a stirring and engaging account of one of the twentieth century‘s most significant events.