“Burdick has spun a cautionary tale of struggle and survival, love and family - and above all, the strength of the heart, no matter how broken.” - New York Times Book Review Home for Unwanted Girls meets The Dollhouse in this atmospheric, heartwarming story that explores not only the historical House of Mercy, but the lives-and secrets-of the girls who stayed there. As their fates entwine, Mable and Effie must rely on their tenuous friendship to survive. But she made a miscalculation, and with no one to believe her story, Effie’s own escape seems impossible-unless she can trust an enigmatic girl named Mable. Her rebellion comes with consequences, and one morning Luella is mysteriously gone.Įffie suspects her father has sent Luella to the House of Mercy and hatches a plan to get herself committed to save her sister.
But when the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elder sister, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. Thank you for my review copy through Net Galley, Harlequin Books!Ī beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood-inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. But I couldn’t put it down until the last fulfilling page. This story takes place in New York City around 1910, and apparently there really were Magdalene-type laundries here at that time.Īll in all it was a heart-breaking read that told the sad story of a marriage gone wrong, a family that was destroyed, and the lasting effect of betrayal. Effie also has a heart condition, which makes her situation all the worse. In The Girls with No Names, the main character, Effie, gets herself put into one of these places as she seeks to find her sister who has run away. It was absolutely terrifying and horrific and based on the real Magdalene laundries of the mid-1900’s. It was “The Magdalene Sisters” and it was about three girls who lived and worked in a laundry run by nuns in Ireland. Years ago I watched a movie on a flight to Paris.
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