{"product_id":"9781728257181","title":"The Girls We Sent Away","description":"Author: Church, Meagan \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781728257181 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sourcebooks \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2024 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 208mm x 140mm x 26mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA charged novel set against the forgotten Baby Scoop Era of the 1960s following one southern girl and her fight against a system that's determined to take her child away from her\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important and vital story.\" - Donna Everhart, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Saints of Swallow Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engaging, shocking, heart-wrenching.\" - Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \"compassionate novel about loss and broken dreams.\" - Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA searing book club read for fans of Ellen Marie Wiseman and \u003ci\u003eThe Girls with No Names \u003c\/i\u003eset in the Baby Scoop Era of 1960s and the women of a certain condition swept up in a dark history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when this darling girl-next-door gets pregnant, she's forced to learn firsthand the realities that keep women grounded. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowerful and affecting, \u003ci\u003eThe Girls We Sent Away\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45317194055838,"sku":"UBD-9781728257181","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781728257181.jpg?v=1744263954","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781728257181","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}