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Library Journal Best Historical Fiction 2017

“A powerful, authentic voice for a generation of women whose struggles were erased from history—a heart-smashing debut that completely satisfies.”
—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Philadelphia, 1883. Twenty-three-year-old Lilli de Jong is pregnant and alone—abandoned by her lover and banished from her Quaker home. She gives birth at a charity for wronged women, planning to give up the baby. But the power of their bond sets her on a completely unexpected path. Unwed mothers in 1883 face staggering prejudice, yet Lilli refuses  to give up her baby girl. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep the two of them alive.  
Lilli confides this story to her diary as it unfolds, taking readers from a charity for unwed mothers to a wealthy family&

Lilli De Jong A Novel

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    A Paperback / softback by Janet Benton

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      Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/07/2018
      ISBN13: 9780525563327, 978-0525563327
      ISBN10: 0525563326
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      Book Synopsis
      Library Journal Best Historical Fiction 2017

      “A powerful, authentic voice for a generation of women whose struggles were erased from history—a heart-smashing debut that completely satisfies.”
      —Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

      Philadelphia, 1883. Twenty-three-year-old Lilli de Jong is pregnant and alone—abandoned by her lover and banished from her Quaker home. She gives birth at a charity for wronged women, planning to give up the baby. But the power of their bond sets her on a completely unexpected path. Unwed mothers in 1883 face staggering prejudice, yet Lilli refuses  to give up her baby girl. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep the two of them alive.  
      Lilli confides this story to her diary as it unfolds, taking readers from a charity for unwed mothers to a wealthy family&

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