A thrilling tale of hope

In 1968 we meet six teens confined at the Good Shepherd.

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 stretch into years.

Odessa: caught up in a police dragnet over a racial incident.

Denise: sentenced for brawling in a foster home.

Janice: deeply insecure, she couldn’t decide where her loyalty lay—except when it came to her friend Kay.

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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"The magnificent Susan Wiggs takes a leap into the history of women..a page-turner, replete with mystery and suspense."—Adriana Trigiani

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