Lilli de Jong
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
563 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Frank Carlson Library - LARGE PRINT | LP Benton, Janet | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
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Description
Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a charity for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overtakes her heart. Mothers in her position face disabling prejudice, which is why most give up their newborns. But Lilli can't accept such an outcome. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive. Confiding their story to her diary as it unfolds, Lilli takes readers from an impoverished charity to a wealthy family's home to the streets of a burgeoning American city. Drawing on rich history, Lilli de Jong is both an intimate portrait of love and loss and a testament to the work of mothers. "So little is permissible for a woman," writes Lilli, "yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Benton, J. (2017). Lilli de Jong (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Benton, Janet, 1963-. 2017. Lilli De Jong. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Benton, Janet, 1963-. Lilli De Jong Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Benton, Janet. Lilli De Jong Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
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