The home for unwanted girls: a novel
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 24 cm
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GOODMA 2018
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FICTION GOODMA 2018
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GOODMA 2018
1 available
FICTION GOODMA 2018
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GOODMA 2018
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FICTION GOODMA 2018
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION GOODMA 2018 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Philomena meets Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other. In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility much like Maggie Hughes parents. Maggies English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that dont include marriage to the poor French boy on the next farm over. But Maggies heart is captured by Gabriel Phénix. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life back on track. Elodie is raised in Quebecs impoverished orphanage system. Its a precarious enough existence that takes a tragic turn when Elodie, along with thousands of other orphans in Quebec, is declared mentally ill as the result of a new law that provides more funding to psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. Bright and determined, Elodie withstands abysmal treatment at the nuns hands, finally earning her freedom at seventeen, when she is thrust into an alien, often unnerving world. Maggie, married to a businessman eager to start a family, cannot forget the daughter she was forced to abandon, and a chance reconnection with Gabriel spurs a wrenching choice. As time passes, the stories of Maggie and Elodie intertwine but never touch, until Maggie realizes she must take what she wants from life and go in search of her long-lost daughter, finally reclaiming the truth that has been denied them both.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goodman, J. (2018). The home for unwanted girls: a novel (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goodman, Joanna, 1969-. 2018. The Home for Unwanted Girls: A Novel. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goodman, Joanna, 1969-. The Home for Unwanted Girls: A Novel Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goodman, Joanna. The Home for Unwanted Girls: A Novel First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
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