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A mother's promise / K.D. Alden.

Alden, K. D., (author.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538718179
  • ISBN: 1538718170
  • Physical Description: 373 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Forever, 2021.
Subject:
Involuntary sterilization > Fiction.
Single mothers > Fiction.
Virginia > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature)
Novels.

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Swansboro Branch Library FIC ALDEN (Text) 36015001031737 Adult Fiction Available -