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Bad Girl: A Play

Karen Truesdell Riehl

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Description:Homes for unwed mothers disappeared when contraceptives became readily available and abortion legal. But in the early 1950s a girl who became pregnant "out of wedlock," was often treated as an outcast, a "bad girl," who "got herself pregnant," and needed to be hidden away from polite society. The fictional Safe Haven Home for Unwed Mothers provides shelter from a judgmental society, but reveals its hypocrisy as well. The young women of this play come from all levels of society, rich and poor, educated and uneducated, sharing only the plight of their unwanted pregnancies. Marty is large and loud, hiding her vulnerability behind imitations of movie stars. Tinker is Marty's go-fer, a tiny girl from the hills with a huge heart, who never learned to read. Mary is the oldest. She made the mistake of falling in love with her minister. Rebecca's a southern belle who swears she's a good girl who was raped and claims to be shocked by the behavior of the other girls. She finds comfort in secretly reading dirty books. Kameela is frightened and silent, planning to do what she thinks will make her a good girl again. Sarah watches and learns. This is a story of frightened and angry young women, faced with the decision of whether to keep or give up their babies for adoption, but finding strength in a friendship built by mutual hardship and gallows humor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bad Girl: A Play. To get started finding Bad Girl: A Play, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Homes for unwed mothers disappeared when contraceptives became readily available and abortion legal. But in the early 1950s a girl who became pregnant "out of wedlock," was often treated as an outcast, a "bad girl," who "got herself pregnant," and needed to be hidden away from polite society. The fictional Safe Haven Home for Unwed Mothers provides shelter from a judgmental society, but reveals its hypocrisy as well. The young women of this play come from all levels of society, rich and poor, educated and uneducated, sharing only the plight of their unwanted pregnancies. Marty is large and loud, hiding her vulnerability behind imitations of movie stars. Tinker is Marty's go-fer, a tiny girl from the hills with a huge heart, who never learned to read. Mary is the oldest. She made the mistake of falling in love with her minister. Rebecca's a southern belle who swears she's a good girl who was raped and claims to be shocked by the behavior of the other girls. She finds comfort in secretly reading dirty books. Kameela is frightened and silent, planning to do what she thinks will make her a good girl again. Sarah watches and learns. This is a story of frightened and angry young women, faced with the decision of whether to keep or give up their babies for adoption, but finding strength in a friendship built by mutual hardship and gallows humor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bad Girl: A Play. To get started finding Bad Girl: A Play, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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