Download or read book Little Ellie Claus written by James Manos and published by Beyond Words/Atria Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Depression, struggling newlyweds Peter and Lucy Thompson are torn apart by an untimely tragedy on Christmas Eve, and one year later, Lucy, widowed and penniless, leaves her infant child on the steps of an orphanage.