02572cam a2200385 i 4500 2537143400 TxAuBib 20250829120000.0 240610s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024025125 9780063118270 hardcover $30.00 0063118270 hardcover $30.00 CIPO000237729 (OCoLC)1440044998 TxAuBib rda Wiggs, Susan, author. Wayward girls : a novel / Susan Wiggs. First edition. New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025. ©2025. 386 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. Wayward Girls 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."-- Amazon.com. 20250829. Teenage girls Fiction. Reformatories Fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Survival Fiction. Redemption Fiction. Buffalo (N.Y.) 20th century Fiction. TXKIP