Overview
Growing up in the 1990s, a young girl escapes her abusive parentsāand the āranchā they ran for ābadā girlsāand becomes an advocate for teen runaways in this harrowing and heartfelt novel for fans of Joanna Goodman and Lisa Wingate.
While other adolescent girls are listening to grunge rock or swooning over boy bands and movie stars, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to ācorrectā teen girlsā ābad behavior.ā Some new residents arrive with their moms and dads, while other are accompanied by transportersāpeople paid to forcibly deliver these āproblemā teensāgirls caught swearing, smoking, drinking, or kissing. Many are failed runaways desperate to leave their controlling and sometimes brutal homes. Few have any idea of the suffering that lies ahead.
Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young womenās spirits and break their wills. She understands these girlsā pain and shares it. Since childhood sheās been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills theyāll need in case they manage to escape. Until the day a horrifying act of violence forces her to make her own terrible choice. Terrified and with no other option, Loretta flees the ranch and hitchhikes across the country, ending up in New York. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.
This book title, The Home for Wayward Girls (A Novel), ISBN: 9780063276048, by Marcia Bradley, published by HarperCollins (April 4, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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