Description
In 1960 freespirited Doreen is a recent highschool grad and waitress in a Chicago diner She doesnt know Margie sixteen and bookish who lives a sheltered suburban life but they soon meet when unplanned pregnancies send them to the Holy Family Home for the Wayward in rural Illinois Assigned as roommates because their due dates line up Margie and Doreen navigate Holy Familys culture of secrecy and shame and become fast friends as the weight of their coming decisionto keep or surrender their babiesbecomes clear
Except they soon realize the decision has already been made for them Holy Family like many of the maternity homes where 15 million women relinquished their babies in what is now known as the Baby Scoop Era is not interested in what the birth mothers want In its zeal to make the babies legitimate in closed adoptions Holy Family manipulates and bullies birth mothers often coercing them to sign away their parental rights while still under the effects of anesthesia
What happens next as their babies are born and they leave Holy Family behind will force each woman to confront the depths and limits of motherhood and friendship and fight to reclaim control over their own lives
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