{"product_id":"keeping-lucy-paperback","title":"Keeping Lucy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. Greenwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis story will have readers not only rooting for Ginny and Lucy, but thinking about them long after the last page is turned.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lisa Wingate, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePopSugar's 30 Must-Read Books of 2019 \u003cbr\u003eGood Housekeeping's 25 Best New Books for Summer 2019\u003cbr\u003eBetter Homes \u0026amp; Gardens 13 New Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eT. Greenwood's \u003ci\u003eKeeping Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartbreaking and uplifting story, inspired by incredible true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDover, Massachusetts, 1969.\u003c\/b\u003e Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the \"feeble-minded.\" Ab tried to convince Ginny it was for the best. That they should grieve for their daughter as though she were dead. That they should try to move on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut two years later, when Ginny's best friend, Marsha, shows her a series of articles exposing Willowridge as a hell-on-earth--its squalid hallways filled with neglected children--she knows she can't leave her daughter there. With Ginny's six-year-old son in tow, Ginny and Marsha drive to the school to see Lucy for themselves. What they find sets their course on a heart-racing journey across state lines--turning Ginny into a fugitive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time, Ginny must test her own strength and face the world head-on as she fights Ab and his domineering father for the right to keep Lucy. Racing from Massachusetts to the beaches of Atlantic City, through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to a roadside mermaid show in Florida, \u003ci\u003eKeeping Lucy \u003c\/i\u003eis a searing portrait of just how far a mother's love can take her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA heartrending yet inspiring novel that kept me reading late into the night.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --Kristina McMorris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSold on a Monday\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Lost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eT. GREENWOOD's novels have sold over 250,000 copies. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, Christopher Isherwood Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Her novel \u003ci\u003eBodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2013 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist; \u003ci\u003eTwo Rivers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGrace \u003c\/i\u003ewere each named Best General Fiction Book at the San Diego Book Awards, and \u003ci\u003eWhere I Lost Her\u003c\/i\u003e was a Globe and Mail bestseller in 2016. Greenwood lives with her family in San Diego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759980970272,"sku":"9781250164230","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4646efbec085360f7feb0fe8d9c5b81c.webp?v=1780167911","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/keeping-lucy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}