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Wayward girls : a novel / Susan Wiggs.

Wiggs, Susan, (author.).

Summary:

"... A wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption when six girls come together in a Catholic reform school in 1960s Buffalo, NY."--Provided by publisher.
Wayward Girls follows six teenage girls confined in 1968 at the Good Shepherd, a harsh institution run by nuns where girls were locked away for being gay, pregnant, or defiant. Each girl--Mairin, Angela, Helen, Odessa, Denise, and Janice--faces trauma, injustice, and repression but finds strength in friendship and resilience. Through their intersecting stories and the conflicted loyalty of Sister Bernadette, the novel explores themes of abuse, resistance, and the fight for justice and self-worth.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063441903
  • ISBN: 006344190X
  • Physical Description: 628 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Subject: Catholic schools > Fiction.
Reformatories > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Abused teenagers > Fiction.
Child abuse > Fiction.
Redemption > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Psychic trauma > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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24510. ‡aWayward girls : ‡ba novel / ‡cSusan Wiggs.
250 . ‡aLarge print edition.
264 1. ‡a[New York, N.Y.] : ‡bWilliam Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ‡c[2025]
300 . ‡a628 pages (large print) ; ‡c23 cm
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520 . ‡a"... A wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption when six girls come together in a Catholic reform school in 1960s Buffalo, NY."--Provided by publisher.
520 . ‡aWayward Girls follows six teenage girls confined in 1968 at the Good Shepherd, a harsh institution run by nuns where girls were locked away for being gay, pregnant, or defiant. Each girl--Mairin, Angela, Helen, Odessa, Denise, and Janice--faces trauma, injustice, and repression but finds strength in friendship and resilience. Through their intersecting stories and the conflicted loyalty of Sister Bernadette, the novel explores themes of abuse, resistance, and the fight for justice and self-worth.
650 0. ‡aCatholic schools ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aReformatories ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aTeenage girls ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aAbused teenagers ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aChild abuse ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aRedemption ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aFemale friendship ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aPsychic trauma ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aLarge print books. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft
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