{"product_id":"the-girls-we-sent-away-9781728257181","title":"The Girls We Sent Away by Church, Meagan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An important and vital story.\" -- Donna Everhart, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Saints of Swallow Hill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Engaging, shocking, heart-wrenching.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"compassionate novel about loss and broken dreams.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-- Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA searing book club read for fans of Ellen Marie Wiseman and \u003cem\u003eThe Girls with No Names\u003c\/em\u003e set in the Baby Scoop Era of the 1960s about the women of a certain condition swept up in a dark history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the 1960s and Lorraine Delford has it all - an upstanding family, a perfect boyfriend, and a white picket fence home in North Carolina. Yet every time she looks through her father's telescope, she dreams of the stars. It's ambitious, but Lorraine has always been exceptional. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when this darling girl-next-door gets pregnant, she's forced to learn firsthand the realities that keep women grounded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo hide their daughter's secret shame, the Delfords send Lorraine to a maternity home for wayward girls. But this is no safe haven - it's a house with dark secrets and suffocating rules. And as Lorraine begins to piece together a new vision for her life, she must decide if she can fight against the powers that aim to take her child or submit to the rules of a society she once admired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful and affecting, \u003cem\u003eThe Girls We Sent Away\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely novel that explores autonomy, belonging, and a quest for agency when the illusions of life-as-you-know-it fall away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meagan Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks Landmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781728257181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 66","brand":"Sourcebooks Landmark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43964406399129,"sku":"9781728257181","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_0ca9e62a-c9e1-4785-9690-75fef5dee498.jpg?v=1724794322","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-girls-we-sent-away-9781728257181","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}