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005			20170606112801.0
008			160525s2017 nyu 000 f eng
010			_a 2016012853
020			_a9780385541459 _qhardcover _qalkaline paper
020			_a0385541457 _qhardcover _qalkaline paper
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dBDX _dYDX _dBTCTA _dOCLCQ _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ _dYDX
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050	0	0	_aPS3602.E6973 _bL55 2017
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100	1		_aBenton, Janet, _d1963- _eauthor. _963861
245	1	0	_aLilli de Jong _ba novel /
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_a335 pages ; _c24 cm
520			_a"In 1883 Philadelphia, Quaker schoolteacher Lilli de Jong finds herself faced with a seemingly impossible task: how can she keep her infant daughter after being cast out by her family, abandoned by her fianc�e, and rejected by society? After the unexpected death of her beloved mother, a prominent Quaker in their Germantown community, Lilli de Jong's once-orderly life becomes increasingly unrecognizable. Her father eschews their faith by marrying a cousin from outside their religious community, and Lilli is forced to forfeit her position as a teacher. Shortly thereafter, her brother and her fianc�e, Johann, leave for Pittsburgh to try their luck at the ironworks, promising to send for Lilli once they establish themselves. After succumbing to passion the night before Johann's departure, Lilli soon finds herself unwed and pregnant, the subject of scandal. Retreating to a charitable home for wronged women, Lilli intends to give her daughter up for adoption. But when she grasps the Dickensian life awaiting Charlotte as the castoff of an unmarried woman, Lilli resolves that whatever their future may be, mother and child must stay together. And so she embarks upon the herculean task of providing for herself and her daughter, while at every turn the pair are beset by judgment, misogyny, and misunderstanding. Lilli de Jong is a historical saga, an intimate romance, and a lasting testament to the transformative power of motherhood"--
650		0	_aQuaker women _vFiction. _963862
650		0	_aUnmarried mothers _vFiction. _963863
650		0	_aMother and child _vFiction. _91750
650		0	_aSelf-actualization (Psychology) in women _vFiction. _96101
651		0	_aPennsylvania _vFiction. _911143
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2fast _979
655		7	_aFiction. _2fast _963864
655		7	_aPsychological fiction. _2fast _91129
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _979
655		7	_aPsychological fiction. _2lcgft _91129
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBenton, Janet, 1963- _tLilli de Jong. _bFirst edition. _dNew York : Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2017 _z9780385541466 _w(DLC) 2016024555
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