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Author Alden, K. D., author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Forever, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION ALDEN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-ALDEN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 373 pages ; 21 cm
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.
Subject Involuntary sterilization -- Fiction.
Single mothers -- Fiction.
Virginia -- Fiction.
Involuntary sterilization. (OCoLC)fst01430556
Single mothers. (OCoLC)fst01119370
Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
Historical fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature)
ISBN 9781538718179 (trade paperback)
1538718170 (trade paperback)
9781538718186 (ebook)
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