Wayward Girls - Susan Wiggs - English
In 1968 we meet six teens confined at the Good Shepherd—a dark and secretive institution controlled by Sisters of Charity nuns — locked away merely for being gay, pregnant, or simply unruly.Mairin — free-spirited daughter of Irish immigrants, committed to keep her safe from her stepfather.
Angela — denounced for her attraction to girls, sent to the nuns for reform, but instead found herself the victim of a predator.
Helen — the daughter of intellectuals detained in Communist China, she saw her “temporary” stay at the Good Shepherd stretch into years.
Odessa — caught up in a police dragnet over a racial incident, she found the physical and mental toughness to endure her sentence.
Denise — sentenced for brawling in a foster home, she dared to dream of a better life.
Janice — deeply insecure, she couldn’t decide where her loyalty lay — except when it came to her friend Kay, who would never outgrow her childlike dependency.
Sister Bernadette — rescued from a dreadful childhood, she owed her loyalty to the Sisters of Charity even as her conscience weighed on her.
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