Story of two "errant" women (former prostitutes, children born out of wedlock) who are taken in at a home at the turn of the century and the story of a woman in 2017 with a tortured past (rape, family did not support her) who works at a university library and is researching the home for errant women. Told alternatively. This started out really slow for me and I had a hard time getting into the story and the characters. The last half of the book was better and I liked how it all turned out. The home for errant women was a real place.
The Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls was founded in 1903 on the outskirts of Arlington, Texas by Reverend James T. Upchurch and his wife Maggie May Upchurch. Inspired by this history, Julie Kibler brings to life the Berachah Home in Home for Erring and Outcast Girls in an emotional story about acceptance and about the family we find and introduces me to history I may never otherwise have learned.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/12/home-for-erring-and-outcast-girls.html
Reviewed for NetGalley.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/12/home-for-erring-and-outcast-girls.html
Reviewed for NetGalley.
