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Little River Literary Luncheon series features Meagan Church, author of the new book, "The Girls We Sent Away".  Join  us for lunch, meet the author, receive a copy of the book and she will autograph it for you!  

From critically-acclaimed author Meagan Church comes THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY, the story of a darling girl-next-door whose future is called into question when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock and is banished to a home for wayward girls. Atmospheric, moving, and an absolute tear-jerker, THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY honors the countless real women who lost everything in the Baby Scoop Era of the 1960s.
 
Lorraine may have unconventional plans in academia and longshot dreams of participating in the Space Race, but she also has a perfect family, perfect grades, and perfect beau, making her the lovely ingénue of her small North Carolina town. Yet, all it takes is one misguided night for her reputation to crumble, because that night transforms Lorraine into the worst thing an unwed woman can be in the 1960s: pregnant.
 
Lorraine?s boyfriend abandons her. Her parents drop her at a maternity home that exists to help ?girls like her? salvage their lives. And Lorraine quickly realizes her new home is no haven when the housemother tricks her into signing away her parental rights under the guise of helping her return to normality. Lorraine knows she can both be a mother and go to college, but she will soon learn she is going to have to fight for the chance.

Before We Were Yours meets The Girls with No Names in THE GIRLS WE SENT AWAY, the unforgettable story of one young woman's strong-willed confrontation with the status quo. Illuminating and immersive, the novel uncovers the challenges and manipulations faced by the women who came before us yet proves to be timely, relevant, and empowering for the readers.