Preorder The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church

Preorder a copy of Meagan Church's new book, The Girls We Sent Away and receive:

* A signed bookplate

* A sticker

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* An author letter

* A custom patch - In The Girls We Sent Away, the main character dreams of being an astronaut so the author and publisher created a special preorder gift: an iron-on patch. The inspiration for this bit of swag comes from the fact that each real-life space mission has an embroidered patch created and sewn into their flight suits. Readers of the novel can iron the patch onto their favorite book tote.

The Girls We Sent Away

“[A]n important and vital story. With exquisite writing, Church exposes a murky little pocket of history, and a reprehensible practice that surely had a generational impact on families.” —Donna Everhart, USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of The Saints of Swallow Hill

A searing book club read for fans of Ellen Marie Wiseman and The Girls with No Names set in the Baby Scoop Era of 1960s and the women of a certain condition swept up in a dark history.

It's the 1960s and Lorraine Delford has it all – an upstanding family, a perfect boyfriend, and a white picket fence home in North Carolina. Yet every time she looks through her father's telescope, she dreams of the stars. It's ambitious, but Lorraine has always been exceptional. But when this darling girl-next-door gets pregnant, she's forced to learn firsthand the realities that keep women grounded.  To hide their daughter's secret shame, the Delfords send Lorraine to a maternity home for wayward girls. But this is no safe haven – it's a house with dark secrets and suffocating rules. And as Lorraine begins to piece together a new vision for her life, she must decide if she can fight against the powers that aim to take her child or submit to the rules of a society she once admired.

Powerful and affecting, The Girls We Sent Away is a timely novel that explores autonomy, belonging, and a quest for agency when the illusions of life-as-you-know-it fall away.

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