The Mind of a Deviant Woman Contributor(s): Paul, Paula (Author) |
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ISBN: 1478798831 ISBN-13: 9781478798835 Publisher: Outskirts Press OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 228 pages |
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Publisher Description: Carrie Buck, a young woman living in early-twentieth-century Virginia, is raped and becomes pregnant by a family member--and her trauma is only beginning. She is deemed a "deviant" for having a child out of wedlock and, for that reason, is a candidate for sterilization. Louisa Van Patten, a New York socialite, is an advocate of the eugenics movement, which promotes this punishment. When Carrie and Louisa meet, along with journalist Ben Newman, during a national debate about the merits of forced sterilization, all their lives--and ours--are changed forever. Paula Paul's historical novel The Mind of a Deviant Woman offers a thrilling story based in extensive research into a little-known, but devastating, part of American history. |