Description: Girls We Sent Away, Paperback by Church, Meagan, ISBN 1728257182, ISBN-13 9781728257181, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "North Carolina, 1960s. Lorraine has it all-the boyfriend, the good grades, the white picket fence, the ambition to become the first woman astronaut. But when she-the darling girl-next-door-becomes pregnant, she learns that love is conditional and ambition has its limits. In an effort to hide their daughter's secret shame, her parents send her away to a maternity home-a common solution for "wayward" girls during that time period. Lorraine soon realizes that instead of being a safe haven, the home forces unwed mothers to relinquish parental rights and place their babies for adoption. Lorraine must decide if she has the agency and power to fight to keep her baby or if she must submit to the rules of the society she once admired. Set in the Baby Scoop Era, The Girls We Sent Away juxtaposes the breakthrough technologies of the Race to Space with the societal realities that kept women grounded"--
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Book Title: Girls We Sent Away : a Novel
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2024
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Meagan Church
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
