{"product_id":"wayward-girls-by-susan-wiggs","title":"Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1968 we meet six teens confined at the Good Shepherd—a dark and secretive institution controlled by Sisters of Charity nuns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elocked away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emerely for being gay, pregnant, or simply unruly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMairin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e free-spirited daughter of Irish immigrants, committed to keep her safe from her stepfather.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAngela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edenounced for her attraction to girls, sent to the nuns for reform, but instead found herself the victim of a predator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHelen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe daughter of intellectuals detained in Communist China, she saw her “temporary” stay at the Good Shepherd stretch into years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOdessa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaught up in a police dragnet over a racial incident, she found the physical and mental toughness to endure her sentence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDenise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esentenced for brawling in a foster home, she dared to dream of a better life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJanice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeeply insecure, she couldn’t decide where her loyalty lay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexcept when it came to her friend Kay, who would never outgrow her childlike dependency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSister Bernadette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erescued from a dreadful childhood, she owed her loyalty to the Sisters of Charity even as her conscience weighed on her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWayward Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a haunting but thrilling tale of hope, solidarity, and the enduring strength of young women who find the courage to break free and find redemption...and justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vibe Yoga Lab Books and Breath","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46965235351586,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/1389\/3666\/files\/DE00C352-14D6-487B-8A4A-ECF0CA5AA718.jpg?v=1788520999","url":"https:\/\/kqsb21-0d.myshopify.com\/products\/wayward-girls-by-susan-wiggs","provider":"Vibe Yoga Lab Books and Breath","version":"1.0","type":"link"}