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The House of Closed Doors | Jane Steen

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In Nell Lillington's small Midwestern town of the 1870s, marriage is the obvious fate of a young woman of some social standing. Yet Nell is determined to elude the duties and restrictions of matrimony. So when she finds herself pregnant at the age of 17, she refuses to divulge the name of the father and even her childhood friend Martin is kept in the dark. Nell's stepfather Hiram sends Nell to live at the Poor Farm of which he is a governor, to await the day when her baby can be discreetly adopted. Nell is ready to go along with Hiram's plans until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out. Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced that the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and the incident prompts her to rethink her decision to abandon her own child to her fate. But the revelations to which her questions lead make her realize that even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby, she may have no safe place to run to.

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The House of Closed Doors | Jane Steen

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It had a strong beginning. I was really impressed with the stubborn, independent nature of a young woman who refused to give the name of her baby's father. She was forced into a Poor Farm/Asylum where she found the mummied remains of a mother and her child. The mystery was solved and then suddenly the Great Chicago Fire occured and people were found within one chapter. I felt cheated. She missed a golden opportunity.
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