Janet Benton's guest appearances

Janet Benton

Reading With Robin

The Liars Club Oddcast

Finding Beauty

Miracle Plant

Therese Anne Fowler

Richard Ratay

Kate Moretti

Dani Shapiro

David Morrell

John Hughes

Jason Pinter

Alex Segura

Eoin Colfer

Caleb Crain

Emily Luchetti

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Lou Berney

Peter Mehlman

Jennifer Armstrong

OwlTail

A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame. But she chooses to keep her.   Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a home for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overtakes her heart. Mothers in her position face disabling prejudice, which is why most give up their newborns. But Lilli can’t accept such an outcome. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive.

<p>A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame. But she chooses to keep her.   Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a home for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overtakes her heart. Mothers in her position face disabling prejudice, which is why most give up their newborns. But Lilli can’t accept such an outcome. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive.</p>

Lilli De Jong by Janet Benton

Janet Benton talks about writing and researching her debut novel Lilli De Jong, and tells us about the book Kirkus Reviews called a “monumental achievement.”  She’s worked at magazines and newspapers and taught at four colleges, as well as running the writer’s workshop The Word Studio.   Recorded March 2017.

<p>Janet Benton talks about writing and researching her debut novel Lilli De Jong, and tells us about the book Kirkus Reviews called a “monumental achievement.”  She’s worked at magazines and newspapers and taught at four colleges, as well as running the writer’s workshop The Word Studio.   Recorded March 2017.</p>

Liars Club  Oddcast #013 | Janet Benton, Historical Fiction Author