A Mother's Promise

Virginia, 1924. Ruth Ann Riley is 17 years old when she gives birth to a baby girl. Unwed and undereducated, she's deemed "feeble-minded" 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.

Info autore

K.D. Alden is the pseudonym of an award-winning author who has written more than twenty novels in various genres. She has been the recipient of the Maggie Award, the Book Buyer's Best Award and an RT Reviewer's Choice Award. A Mother's Promise is her first historical novel.

K.D. is a graduate of Smith College, grew up in Austin, Texas, and resides in south Florida with her husband and two rescue greyhounds.

Riassunto

K.D. Alden weaves a harrowing and ultimately uplifting historical novel based on a true story about one woman fighting to reclaim the daughter she was forced to give up in this debut sure to appeal to readers of Sold on a Monday or Before We Were Yours.

Prefazione

K.D. Alden weaves a harrowing and ultimately uplifting historical novel based on a true story about one woman fighting to reclaim the daughter she was forced to give up in this debut sure to appeal to readers of Sold on a Monday or Before We Were Yours.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: K D Alden, K. D. Alden, K.D. Alden
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.04.2021
• EAN: 9781538718179
• ISBN: 978-1-5387-1817-9
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 202 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 300 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; USA, Virginia, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, FICTION / Southern, Family life fiction, Rural communities, United States of America, USA, Intended primarily or specifically for women and/or girls