The Foundling: A Novel by Ann Leary
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House comes a haunting historical novel about two women bound by friendship, secrets, and a shocking chapter of American history.
1927: Eighteen-year-old Mary Engle takes a job as secretary at the secluded Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age. She quickly comes to admire its director, the brilliant Dr. Agnes Vogel, a pioneering psychiatrist and former suffragist devoted to caring for society’s most vulnerable women.
Everything changes when Mary discovers that Lillian, her childhood friend from the orphanage where they were raised, is one of the institution’s inmates. Remembered as spirited and fiercely independent, Lillian insists she doesn’t belong there—and begs Mary to help her escape.
As Mary is forced to choose between the respected doctor she trusts and the friend who shares her darkest childhood secret, her decision sets off a chain of devastating events that will change all of their lives forever.
Inspired by the true story of the author’s grandmother, The Foundling is a gripping, unsettling novel about friendship, injustice, and the devastating consequences of denying women control over their own lives.
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