The third floor
By: Judi Loren Grace
Publisher: Jetstream Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chico, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780615547602; 9780615547589; 9780615417714
Subjects: Biography; Teenage mothers; Teenage pregnancy; Adopted children; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Personal Memoirs; Social Scientists & Psychologists; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS; Parenting; Motherhood; Social aspects
Description: A 15 year old girl, raised in a rural farming community is sent to an inner city to live and hide in a Home for unwed mothers. Written in the voice of the fifteen year old from letters saved from her best friend since the summer of 1962. She tells of daily life inside the home, chores, military rules and lack of counsel. The girls, about 50 with a waiting list to enter live out their time and go up to the third floor to labor and deliver their babies, relinquish them and return to society and act as if nothing had happened and keep this secret for the rest of their lives. This summer was also her racial awakening and the beginning of a life long friend.
Table of contents: title: ""COVER""; ""TITLE""; ""Prologue""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""DEDICATION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""PART ONE""; ""YOUNG JUDI""; ""PORTERVILLE""; ""NO INFORMATIONâ€?ONLY SUGGESTIONS""; ""CONCEPTION""; ""CONFIRMATION""; ""TELLING MY FAMILY""; ""CONFRONTATION""; ""PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS""; ""JOANIE""; ""OAKLAND""; ""ANOTHER DAY AT THE HOME""; ""DARK DAY""; ""CHORES AND LETTERS FROM HOME""; ""NANCY""; ""A SHOPPING TRIP""; ""VISITORS""; ""TOM""; ""PAPER GIRL""; ""LEGAL PROOF""; ""A NIGHT RAID""; ""THE COUNTRY CLUB""; ""EXAM DAY""; ""THE SECRET ROOM""; ""BETH'S TURN""; ""ALONE""; ""LABOR DAY PARTY""; title: ""My turn on the third floor""""home with my son""; ""part two""; ""my son""; ""epilogue: where are they now?""; ""revisiting the home""; ""letters to joanie""; ""resources""