{"product_id":"the-girls-we-sent-away-9781728283098","title":"The Girls We Sent Away","description":"\u003cp\u003eA searing book club read for fans of Ellen Marie Wiseman and The Girls with No Names set in the Baby Scoop Era of 1960s and the women of a certain condition swept up in a dark history.\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\u003ePowerful and affecting, The Girls We Sent Away 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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks Landmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781728283098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 0.99d","brand":"Meagan Church","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471227453621,"sku":"9781728283098","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d211ba44-fe29-4669-a971-5f9b91429d6f.jpg?v=1704824348","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-girls-we-sent-away-9781728283098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}