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The home for unwanted girls : a novel / Joanna Goodman.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.G6658 H66 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodman, Joanna, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orphanages.
- History.
- Canada--English-French relations--Fiction.
- Canada.
- Québec (Province)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- QueÌbec (Province)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Teenage pregnancy--Fiction.
- Teenage pregnancy.
- Guilt--Fiction.
- Guilt.
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Abandoned children--Fiction.
- Abandoned children.
- Abused children--Fiction.
- Abused children.
- Orphanages--Canada--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Orphans--Fiction.
- Teenage mothers--Fiction.
- Orphans.
- Teenage mothers.
- Local Subjects:
- Québec (Province)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- QueÌbec (Province)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Orphans--Fiction.
- Teenage mothers--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 364 pages ; 23 cm
- regular print
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility--much like Maggie Hughes' parents. Maggie's English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don't include marriage to the poor French boy the next farm over. But Maggie's heart is captured by Gabriel Phénix. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents send the baby Elodie to an orphanage where she receives horrible treatment. Seventeen years later, 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.
- In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility--much like Maggie Hughes' parents. Maggie's English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don't include marriage to the poor French boy the next farm over. But Maggie's heart is captured by Gabriel PheÌnix. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents send the baby Elodie to an orphanage where she receives horrible treatment. Seventeen years later, 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780062684226
- 0062684221
- 0062834088
- 9780062834089
- OCLC:
- 995335674
- Publisher Number:
- 99976952761
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