The lies they told

"In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America's rising eugenics movement--when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin-...

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Main Author: Wiseman, Ellen Marie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2025.
Edition:First Kensington Trade edition.
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245 1 4 |a The lies they told /  |c Ellen Marie Wiseman. 
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264 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Kensington Publishing Corp.,  |c 2025. 
300 |a x, 406 pages ;  |c 21 cm 
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500 |a Includes author's note and discussion questions. 
520 |a "In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America's rising eugenics movement--when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin--in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope ... "--Provided by publisher. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (page 399). 
650 0 |a Single mothers  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Women immigrants  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Small cities  |z Virginia  |v Fiction. 
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650 0 |a Interpersonal relations  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Nineteen thirties  |v Fiction. 
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651 0 |a Virginia  |v Fiction. 
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