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Benton, Janet.
Lilli de Jong
[Libby] :
A Novel.
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
2017.
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Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:<b>“A powerful, authentic voice for a generation of women whose struggles were erased from history—a heart-smashing debut that completely satisfies.”<br /> —Jamie Ford, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet</i><br /> <br /></b>A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame. But she chooses to keep her.<br />  <br /> Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a home for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overtakes her heart. Mothers in her position face disabling prejudice, which is why most give up their newborns. But Lilli can’t accept such an outcome. Instead, she braves moral...
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