Women of a Promiscuous Nature

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<b><i>Girl, Interrupted </i>meets <i>The Handmaid’s Tale </i>in 1940s North Carolina, as a young woman is accused of “promiscuity” and unjustly incarcerated at The State Industrial Farm Colony for Women…<br> <br> Based on the long-buried history of the American Plan, this powerful and shockingly timely story of resistance and resilience exposes the real government program designed to regulate women’s bodies and sexuality throughout the first half of the 20th century.<br> <br>A Publishers Marketplace BUZZ BOOKS Selection | Indie Next Pick | LibraryReads Selection | Goodreads Top 10 Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction Titles of the Year</b><br><br>“Both a cautionary tale and a deeply compassionate rendering of women wrongly imprisoned in a system designed to break them, Everhart’s propulsive story is filled with injustice, intrigue, and the determination to fight back.” <b>—LISA WINGATE, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Shelterwood</i></b><br><br>On a brisk February morning while walking to the diner where she works, 24 year-old Ruth Foster is stopped by the local sheriff. He insists she accompany him to a health clinic, threatening to arrest her if she doesn’t undergo testing in order to preserve decency and prevent the spread of sexual disease.<br><br>Though Ruth has never shared more than a chaste kiss with a man, by day’s end she is one of dozens of women held at the State Industrial Farm Colony for Women. Some are there because they were reported for promiscuity by neighbors, husbands, strangers. Some were accused of prostitution. Others were just pretty and unmarried. Or poor and “suspicious.” One was eating dinner alone in a restaurant. Another spoke to a soldier. <br><br>Josephine’s sin was running a business as a single woman. Maude’s was trying to drown her sorrows. Frances had lost her mind. Opal married a man with a mean streak. Some, like 15-year-old Stella, are brought in because they’re victims of assault. She’s too naive and broken to

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781496740724

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

207 x 134 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Kensington Publishing Corporation