A mother's promise
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
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- ISBN: 9781538718179
- Physical Description 373 pages cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher New York : Forever, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| 003 | NFPL | ||
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| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
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| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bForever, ‡c2021. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a373 pages cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references. | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"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"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aInvoluntary sterilization ‡0(DLC)sh 85128028 ‡vFiction. ‡0(DLC)sh 99001562 | |
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| 655 | 7. | ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft ‡0(DLC)gf2014026370 ‡0(NFPL)408 | |
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