The Home for Unwanted Girls

Forced to leave Gabriel and the lower-class lifestyle he can offer her, Maggie is sent away to have the baby, who is given up for adoption so that Maggie can return to the respectable life that her parents envision.While Maggie makes an ill-fated attempt to live up to her parents' wishes, her d...

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Published in:The Booklist (Chicago, Ill. 1969) Ill. 1969), 2018-03, Vol.114 (13), p.36-37
Main Author: Foti, Nicole
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Goodman, Joanna (1968- )
Novels
Patients
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Summary:Forced to leave Gabriel and the lower-class lifestyle he can offer her, Maggie is sent away to have the baby, who is given up for adoption so that Maggie can return to the respectable life that her parents envision.While Maggie makes an ill-fated attempt to live up to her parents' wishes, her daughter, bright and inquisitive Elodie, grows up in a nearby orphanage until the law changes and all orphans are declared mental patients.
ISSN:0006-7385