A mother's promise / K.D. Alden.
"Virginia, 1924. Ruth Ann Riley is 17 years old when she gives birth to a baby girl. Unwed and under-educated, she's deemed "feeble-minded" -- just like her own mother -- and sent to live in a state-run institution where the doctors decide she must be sterilized "for the greater good." But Ruth Ann won't give up her baby Annabel or the hope of future children without a fight, even though her hardscrabble life and sixth-grade education have in no way prepared her to take on the Supreme Court of the United States. As Ruth Ann comes of age in a daunting world and struggles with secrets and scandals in her past, she finds unexpected allies, friendship and the possibility of love in the most unlikely of places"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781538718179
- ISBN: 1538718170
- Physical Description: 373 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Forever, 2021.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC ALDEN (Text) | 36015001031737 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F ALD (Text) | 80605000915479 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F ALDEN (Text) | 31781065727388 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Edneyville Branch | ALD (Text) | 33258009000758 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | ALD (Text) | 33258009000766 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | F ALDEN K.D. (Text) | 50669012721032 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Louisburg - Main Branch | F/Alden (Text) | 72350000103646 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mooneyham Public Library | F Ald (Text) | 30113100220578 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Murphy Public Library | F ALD (Text) | 80605000575604 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Phillip Leff Memorial Library | AFIC ALD (Text) | 30372101864244 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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"Virginia, 1924. Ruth Ann Riley is 17 years old when she gives birth to a baby girl. Unwed and under-educated, she's deemed "feeble-minded" -- just like her own mother -- and sent to live in a state-run institution where the doctors decide she must be sterilized "for the greater good." But Ruth Ann won't give up her baby Annabel or the hope of future children without a fight, even though her hardscrabble life and sixth-grade education have in no way prepared her to take on the Supreme Court of the United States. As Ruth Ann comes of age in a daunting world and struggles with secrets and scandals in her past, she finds unexpected allies, friendship and the possibility of love in the most unlikely of places"--
