The Mind of a Deviant Woman
Paula Paul$16.11
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Carrie Buck, a young woman living in early-twentieth-century Virginia, is raped and becomes pregnant by a family member--and her trauma is only beginning. She is deemed a "deviant" for having a child out of wedlock and, for that reason, is a candidate for sterilization.
Louisa Van Patten, a New York socialite, is an advocate of the eugenics movement, which promotes this punishment.
When Carrie and Louisa meet, along with journalist Ben Newman, during a national debate about the merits of forced sterilization, all their lives--and ours--are changed forever.
Paula Paul's historical novel The Mind of a Deviant Woman offers a thrilling story based in extensive research into a little-known, but devastating, part of American history.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: 07/28/2018
ISBN: 9781478798828
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d