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Author:

Alden, K. D., author.

Title:

A mother's promise / K.D. Alden.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Forever,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

373 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Involuntary sterilization--Fiction.
Single mothers--Fiction.
Virginia--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

"Virginia, 1924. Ruth Ann Riley is 17 years old when she gives birth to a baby girl. Unwed and under-educated, she's deemed "feeble-minded" -- just like her own mother -- 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, even though her hardscrabble life and sixth-grade education have in no way prepared her to take on the Supreme Court of the United States. As Ruth Ann comes of age in a daunting world and struggles with secrets and scandals in her past, she finds unexpected allies, friendship and the possibility of love in the most unlikely of places"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1538718170
9781538718179

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1164826395

LCCN:

2020030162

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

OEPC877 -- Bedford Public Library (Bedford) — F Ald

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

LDPB975 -- Correctionville Public Library (Correctionville) — F ALD

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

EFPB605 -- Inwood Public Library (Inwood)

EGPB605 -- Larchwood Public Library (Larchwood) — 00052091

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

WQPA215 -- Kirchner French Memorial Library (Peterson)

EMPB715 -- Primghar Public Library (Primghar)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)