First names only
By: Elaine Blick
Publisher: Elaine Blick
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780473333348
Subjects: Unmarried mothers; Fiction; Pregnancy; Social conditions
Description: "Janice at 18 is ambitious and has set her sights on a top degree in languages. When she finds she is pregnant Janice's world comes crashing down - for this is 1960s New Zealand, when to be pregnant and single is a disgrace. Janice has no choice but to enter Sunnyvale, a home for unmarried mothers in Auckland. Once the baby is born the maternal tug is powerful and she longs to keep him ... can Janice bear to give up her child with the knowledge that she may never see him again? Faced with this heart-rending decision what is she to do?"--Back cover.