pickA pairing of sorts with my last book I thought this was, whilst at times sadly predictable a very good read. Lorraine is smart & looking forward to acing her final year at school when a single night with her frankly disappointing boyfriend leaves her pregnant. Her parents send her to a home for unmarried mothers with an expectation she will surrender the baby. A reminder of the consequences of lack of choice and support.
pickAs soon as I saw this book spine, I knew what it was about, and I knew I wanted to read it. Set in the 1960s, a group of girls with no knowledge of how bodies work, no contraceptives, and no choices end up in the ‘home for unwed mothers/wayward girls‘. Such places still exist and are on the rise, now that abortion is widely illegal and inaccessible. They are ripe with misogyny and abuse. And too often, we don‘t speak about the harms of⬇️
so-so*spoiler alert• I did the audio version of this book. It was ok, but left me wanting more. More for the book, and more for the protagonist. I wanted her to her what she wanted. But, this book was written more for the reality of the times. I think my biggest issue is it‘s the same story many of us have heard time and time again. Nothing really happened to change things up. Life isn‘t fair, and this book portrays that well.
pickLorraine is a high school student in the 1960s w/ a bright future ahead when she gets pregnant. Her parents send her to a maternity home (which I did not know was a thing). She‘s basically looses of all rights/her future simply because she is a pregnant girl.
I was impressed by how developed Lorraine & the other characters were considering that many characters had limited page time. Like Lorraine, so many of them were complex & multidimensional.
pickThis book is soooooo good!
https://reecaspieces.com/2024/03/18/the-girls-we-sent-away-by-megan-church-sbksl...
pickAnother well-researched, poignant, heart-wrenching, fabulous, tissues-needed book.
It‘s the 1960s, and we follow the mindset of families and the only solution they think will work for everyone when they find out their daughter is pregnant out of wedlock and the boy wants nothing to do with the girl‘s problem.
Add it to your TBR!! You won‘t want to miss it. 5/5
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/yb5knx3a
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I adored that book and this one is my new favorite by this author. This book will take you through the time when females had very little or no say in what happened to them and their lives if they got pregnant. They had to bear the shame no matter what if they were pregnant outside of marriage. Men could just go right on with their lives and do whatever they choose. No rules. No punishment. No shame.
FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON MARCH 6.
Another well-researched, poignant, heart-wrenching, fabulous, tissues-needed book.
It‘s the 1960s, and we follow the mindset of families and the only solution they think will work for everyone when they find out their daughter is pregnant out of wedlock and the boy wants nothing to do with the girl‘s problem.
Add it to your TBR!! You won‘t want to miss it. 5/5
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