It's the 1960s and Lorraine Delford has it all – an upstanding family, a perfect boyfriend, and a white picket fence home in North Carolina. Yet every time she looks through her father's telescope, she dreams of the stars. It's ambitious, but Lorraine has always been exceptional.
But when this darling girl-next-door gets pregnant, she's forced to learn firsthand the realities that keep women grounded.
To hide their daughter's secret shame, the Delfords send Lorraine to a maternity home for wayward girls. But this is no safe haven – it's a house with dark secrets and suffocating rules. And as Lorraine begins to piece together a new vision for her life, she must decide if she can fight against the powers that aim to take her child or submit to the rules of a society she once admired.
About The Author
Meagan Church is the author of THE LAST CAROLINA GIRL and THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY. She received a B.A. in English from Indiana University, and her work has appeared in various print and online publications. A Midwesterner by birth, she now lives in North Carolina with her high-school sweetheart, three children, and a plethora of pets. To follow her storytelling, visit MeaganChurch.com.
My Review
As this book opens Lorraine Delford is all set to achieve her dreams, she is should be her class valedictorian, and then on to college, but her plans are about to take a nose dive.
This is a time that pregnant girls were sent away, and and gave away their babies. This is Lorraine's fate, and we are there with her and meet those that you will come to dislike, but there are also those whom have compassion and love.
There are surprises dropped, and we soon find out whom are really there for you, and those whom leave when things get tense.
I enjoyed this book, and glad that we get a conclusion, even if it wasn't what I wanted!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Sourcebooks Landmark, and was not required to give positive review.
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