{"product_id":"wayward-girls","title":"Wayward Girls","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE JULY 07, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Susan Wiggs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1968 we meet six teens confined at the Good Shepherd—a dark and secretive institution controlled by Sisters of Charity nuns\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003elocked away\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003emerely for being gay, pregnant, or simply unruly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMairin\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e free-spirited daughter of Irish immigrants, committed to keep her safe from her stepfather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngela\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003edenounced for her attraction to girls, sent to the nuns for reform, but instead found herself the victim of a predator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelen\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003ethe daughter of intellectuals detained in Communist China, she saw her “temporary” stay at the Good Shepherd stretch into years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOdessa\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003ecaught up in a police dragnet over a racial incident, she found the physical and mental toughness to endure her sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDenise\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003esentenced for brawling in a foster home, she dared to dream of a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanice\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003edeeply insecure, she couldn’t decide where her loyalty lay\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003eexcept when it came to her friend Kay, who would never outgrow her childlike dependency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSister Bernadette\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003erescued from a dreadful childhood, she owed her loyalty to the Sisters of Charity even as her conscience weighed on her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWayward Girls\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47958334537879,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9780063118263_75901.jpg?v=1782772936","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/wayward-girls","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}