Historical Fiction
This novel is based on the Country Poor Farm in Illinois during the 1870's. This is the place where unwed mothers, "feeble-minded" and "insane" women and men would be sent.
So ,Nell at the age of 17 is with child. Her options were to marry the father of the child or go to the Poor Farm. She does not want to marry the father of her child or any other man. (Go Nell!!!!) So off to the Poor Farm she goes until she has the baby and gives he/she up for adoption.
But once she has her baby, Nell falls in love with the little mite and devises a plan to keep the baby. Which was unheard of in the 1870's!!!. Then during some renovations 2 bodies are discovered. Nell becomes worried that she and her baby are not safe. You must read the book to find out what happens to Nell and her future. Enjoyable story and writing style.
Goodreads:::
Nell's stepfather Hiram sends Nell to live at the Poor Farm of which he is a governor, to await the day when her baby can be discreetly adopted. Nell is ready to go along with Hiram's plans until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out.
Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced that the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and the incident prompts her to rethink her decision to abandon her own child to her fate. But the revelations to which her questions lead make her realize that even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby, she may have no safe place to run to.
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