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The foundling

The foundling

Leary, Ann, author.
Book 2022

In 1927, eighteen-year-old Mary Engle, while working at an institution for mentally disabled women, learns that a girl from her childhood orphanage is an inmate. When the girl begs Mary to help her escape, it forces Mary to make a terrible choice with life-altering consquences.

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Eugenics Fiction
Mentally ill women Fiction
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United States History 1919-1933 Fiction
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ISBN:
9781982120382
9781668005620
Edition:
First Marysue Rucci Books/Scribner hardcover edition
Description:
viii, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Control Number:
3233087
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