Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

Set in mid-20th-century America, the novel follows a cast of girls and young women whose lives intersect in an orphanage and a psychiatric institution and then ripple outward across decades; wrestling with stigma, loss, poverty, and abuse, they carry secrets and trauma but also forge bonds of care and courage, and the interwoven narrative examines memory, resilience, and the hidden ways ordinary people survive and remake family.

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