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Barcode37821002545065
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe wayward girls / Susan Wiggs.
AuthorWiggs, Susan, author.
Call NoFIC WIG
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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FIC WIG Due on 8/11/2025  

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International Standard Book Number 9780063118270
International Standard Book Number 0063118270
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813
Personal Name Wiggs, Susan, author.
Title Statement The wayward girls / Susan Wiggs.
Imprint New York : William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Physical Description 386 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary, Etc. Amid the turbulence of the Vietnam Era, in the all-American city of Buffalo, New York, teenage girls were condemned to forced labor at the Good Shepherd, a dark and secret institution controlled by the Sisters of Charity nuns. In 1968, we meet six teens thrust into confinement at the Good Shepherd--merely for being gay, pregnant, or simply unruly. Mairin--free-spirited daughter of Irish immigrants was committed to keep her safe from her stepfather. Angela--denounced for her attraction to girls, was sent to the nuns for reform, but instead found herself the victim of a predator. Helen--the daughter of intellectuals detained in Communist China, saw her “temporary” stay at the Good Shepherd stretch into years. Odessa--caught up in a police dragnet over a racial incident, found the physical and mental toughness to endure her sentence. Denise--sentenced for brawling in a foster home, dared to dream of a better life. Janice--deeply insecure, she couldn’t decide where her loyalty lay--except when it came to her friend Kay, who would never outgrow her childlike dependency. Sister Bernadette--rescued from a dreadful childhood, she owed her loyalty to the Sisters of Charity even as her conscience weighed on her. Wayward Girls is a haunting but thrilling tale of hope, solidarity, and the enduring strength of young women who find the courage to break free and find redemption...and justice.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Friendship Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Survival FIction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Buffalo (N.Y.) Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Bildungsroman.
Index Term-Genre/Form Catholic schools FIction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels.

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