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Title details for A Home for Friendless Women by Kelly E. Hill - Available

A Home for Friendless Women

A Novel

by Kelly E. Hill
Gabra Zackman
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In Victorian-era Louisville, the Home for Friendless Women is run by benevolent benefactors with one mission: to reform the fallen women who live there into pious mothers and wives through religious lessons and hard work.
For Ruth, a college student who’s expelled after a campus sexual assault, the Home is a purgatory to endure before she can get her life back. For Belle, a queer sex worker who exchanged her bed at a brothel for one in the Home, it’s a safe place to rest her feet until she can track down her missing lover. And for Minnie, the daughter of the religious couple who founded the charity, the Home is her mother’s idea of a cautionary tale.
But as Minnie prepares for the Home’s silver anniversary party, she finds herself questioning the true cost of good intentions—and grappling with a terrible secret that has the power to unravel the Home entirely.

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    March 19, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593821763
      • File size: 222915 KB
      • Duration: 07:44:24

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      May 31, 2024

      Hill's haunting debut speaks to the strength of women considered to be on the fringes of society. In Victorian-era Louisville, KY, Ruth finds a place at the Home for Friendless Women after being sexually assaulted on her college campus. Founded in 1876 as a refuge for women, the establishment is managed by a group of benefactors who wish to transform "fallen" women into productive and pious women, wives, and mothers. Among the Home's residents is Belle, a queer sex worker seeking refuge as she searches for her missing lover. Meanwhile, Minnie, the daughter of one of the Home's board members, prepares for the organization's anniversary celebration and uncovers truths that make her question the institution's supposedly benevolent intentions. An ensemble of narrators--Gabra Zackman, Amy Landon, Hope Newhouse, and Stacey Gonzalez--offer skillful performances that imbue each woman with a distinct personality. Together, the narrators convey the atmosphere and sense of place that Hill creates. VERDICT Listeners will be absorbed by this evocative historical novel, which draws upon archival research and presents stories loosely based on women's actual experiences and lives. Highly recommended for those seeking a character-driven story about the impact of 19th-century societal restrictions on women's lives.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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