The Girl Behind the Gates

'Wow! What a heartbreaking breathtaking true story... oh my heart... Read it with tissues but an open heart' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I'm not sure how many times I had to set this book down because my crying eyes were useless for reading but it was a lot... Ten very emotional stars! All the stars!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'There are no words! I had a hard time putting this book down. I am blown away by this true story... Soooooooo wonderful!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 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