The foundling: a novel / Ann Leary.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781638085430
- ISBN: 1638085439
- Physical Description: 520 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Regular print version previously published by Feeblemindfulness, LLC. Includes author's note with background information. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Mentally ill women > Fiction. Psychiatric hospitals > Fiction. Eugenics > Fiction. United States > History > 1919-1933 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Little Dixie Regional.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Little Dixie - Madison | LP F LEARY (Text) | 2004763531 | New Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
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The Foundling
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Best-selling novelist Leary (The Children) tackles a lesser-known element of women's history in this fascinating story. In 1927, 18-year-old Mary Engle becomes a secretary at Nettleton State Village, an asylum for women deemed "morally deficient" for bearing children out of wedlock, having same-sex relationships, or otherwise defying social expectations. Mary admires the institution's beautiful, cultured, and educated superintendent, Dr. Vogel, and hopes that her job at Nettleton will lead to a college education. When Mary recognizes a childhood friend among the inmates and begins a relationship with Jake Enright, an ambitious young journalist, however, she must decide where her loyalties lie. Laura Benanti gives a fully voiced performance with a range of accents and tones for major and secondary characters. Her expressive delivery highlights the characters' flaws, including Mary's naïveté, Dr. Vogel's manipulativeness, and Jake's too-easy charm. Benanti ably captures Mary's growth, from willful innocence to her reluctant acceptance that Dr. Vogel--and Nettleton itself--may not be as benevolent as they first appear. VERDICT A lively performance of a thought-provoking novel.--Emily Calkins