Review: The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church

Lorraine has big plans for her life- go to college, become an astronaut and eventually have a family. When she becomes pregnant with her boyfriends baby, her plans are forced by her parents to change. Her boyfriend abandons her and she is forced to leave high school and go to a home for unwed mothers. She meets other friends at the home who help Lorraine realize what she really wants. As her pregnancy progresses, Lorraine feels the baby growing inside her and she starts to wonder what her life would be like with a baby. The home that the girls are at have them sign away their rights as parents and then find homes for the babies. Lorraine decides to keep her baby and tries to take back the papers she signed, but it is too late when she goes into labor and is taken to the hospital. She does hold her baby but the nurse takes her away and Lorraine never sees her again. She does go home but her life has drastically changed from what it was before. Lorraine looks for her child in the faces of children she sees, but she has moved on in her life.
Heartbreaking and a picture of what some girls went through in the 1960’s, the narrative was engaging. A little slow at moments, I liked the story and how Lorraine comes to love her baby. The saddest part was when her baby was taken from her and Lorraine begs the nurse not to take the little one. I liked the historical setting of the story and the look at what obstacles women faced both in the home and in education and society. The story I thought was written well and the audiobook was well narrated.
Thank you to RB Media and Recorded Books for approving this arc audiobook on NetGalley and all opinions in this review are my own. 
Content: some sexual content in the beginning, some language 

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