The Home for Unwanted Girls

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Unyielding maternal bond amidst systemic cruelty.

"The Home for Unwanted Girls" offers a deeply moving narrative that showcases the resilience and determination of two characters bound by blood yet separated by unjust societal norms. It's a poignant read for anyone interested in the strength of the human spirit and the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, especially against the backdrop of historical injustices. Joanna Goodman weaves an evocative story that not only grips your heart but also enlightens you about a dark time in Quebec's history.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Home for Unwanted Girls

Regular price RM48.18 MYR
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ISBN: 9780062684226
Authors: Joanna Goodman
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 2018-04-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.23
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Philomena meets The Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit—the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other. 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 on the next farm over. But Maggie’s heart is captured by Gabriel Phénix. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life ‘back on track’. Elodie is raised in Quebec’s impoverished orphanage system. It’s a precarious enough existence that takes a tragic turn when Elodie, along with thousands of other orphans in Quebec, is declared mentally ill as the result of a new law that provides more funding to psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. Bright and determined, Elodie withstands abysmal treatment at the nuns’ hands, finally earning her freedom at seventeen, when she is thrust into an alien, often unnerving world. 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
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Unyielding maternal bond amidst systemic cruelty.

"The Home for Unwanted Girls" offers a deeply moving narrative that showcases the resilience and determination of two characters bound by blood yet separated by unjust societal norms. It's a poignant read for anyone interested in the strength of the human spirit and the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, especially against the backdrop of historical injustices. Joanna Goodman weaves an evocative story that not only grips your heart but also enlightens you about a dark time in Quebec's history.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.