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The home for wayward girls  Cover Image Book Book

The home for wayward girls / Marcia Bradley.

Summary:

Growing up in the 1990s, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to "correct" teen girls' "bad behavior." Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women's spirits and break their wills. Since childhood she's been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills they'll need in case they manage to escape. One day, a horrifying act of violence forces Loretta to flee the ranch herself. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063276048
  • ISBN: 0063276046
  • Physical Description: 278 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.
Subject: Reformatories > United States > Fiction.
Runaway teenagers > United States > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Abuse of > United States > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camden County Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Camden County Library District - Osage Beach FIC BRADLEY (Text) 31320003922080 Adult Fiction Available -


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