{"product_id":"the-foundling","title":"The Foundling","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good House\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"harrowing, gripping, and beautiful\" (Laura Dave, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at an institution--based on a shocking and little-known piece of American history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1927 and eighteen-year-old Mary Engle is hired to work as a secretary at a remote but scenic institution for mentally disabled women called the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe's immediately in awe of her employer--brilliant, genteel Dr. Agnes Vogel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Vogel had been the only woman in her class in medical school. As a young psychiatrist she was an outspoken crusader for women's suffrage. Now, at age forty, Dr. Vogel runs one of the largest and most self-sufficient public asylums for women in the country. Mary deeply admires how dedicated the doctor is to the poor and vulnerable women under her care. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon after she's hired, Mary learns that a girl from her childhood orphanage is one of the inmates. Mary remembers Lillian as a beautiful free spirit with a sometimes-tempestuous side. Could she be mentally disabled? When Lillian begs Mary to help her escape, alleging the asylum is not what it seems, Mary is faced with a terrible choice. Should she trust her troubled friend with whom she shares a dark childhood secret? Mary's decision triggers a hair-raising sequence of events with life-altering consequences for all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by a true story about the author's grandmother, \u003ci\u003eThe Foundling\u003c\/i\u003e is compelling, unsettling, and \"a stunning reminder that not much time has passed since everyone claimed to know what was best for a woman--everyone except the woman herself\" (Jodi Picoult, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author).","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44459349606537,"sku":"9781982120399","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/9781982120399_d957f.jpg?v=1757071317","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/the-foundling","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}