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The Girl Behind the Gates

Penned By Brenda Davies
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The Girl Behind the Gates

Penned By Brenda Davies
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1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happy future - until one night of passion has more catastrophic consequences than she ever could have anticipated. Labelled a moral defective and sectioned under the Mental Deficiency Act, she is forced to endure years of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who are supposed to care for her.1981. When psychiatrist Janet Humphreys comes across Nora, heavily institutionalised and still living in the hospital more than forty years after her incarceration, she knows that she must be the one to help Nora rediscover what it is to live. But as she works to help Nora overcome her past, Janet realises she must finally face her own.

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Length 346 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Hodder and Stoughton
Released May 28, 2020
Identifier (ISBN) 53542416
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Brenda Davies is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Brenda Davies enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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