No Names to be Given by Julia Brewer Daily – Review by Erica Shoebridge

No Names to Be Given by Julia Brewer Daily
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This novel is absolutely RIVETING. I was completely captured by the accounts of Becca, Faith and Sandy, and was turning pages fast as their stories were slowly revealed. They have wildly different lives, loves, and circumstances, and the pressures they faced to give up their babies as teenagers were immense and all-consuming. It is easy to forget in the 21st century that just 60 years ago, women had so few rights and options. These women are wholly controlled by the men in their life, and the Magnolia Home for Unwed Mothers was not a choice they wanted to make. Their time at the home changes them forever – a pivotal moment in their lives. None can forget each other or the babies they birthed on the same day, and the shadow of these babies haunts them. Their firstborns are never far from their minds. The scandal that could ensue if their secret is ever revealed could be catastrophic for each of them. Fantastic work of historical fiction that me hooked until the end.

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