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Featuring The Forgotten Daughter by Joanna Goodman
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Here's what we're reading this month The Forgotten Daughter by Joanna Goodman
A riveting story that explores the lingering trauma of Canada's mid-20th-century Duplessis orphan scandal, when children in Quebec orphanages were declared mentally ill so the province could collect more money from the Canadian government.
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Located in a shared facility with Dr Frank J Hayden Secondary School and Haber Recreation Centre, Alton Branch Library operates jointly with the Halton Board of Education. The facility's official opening was celebrated on Saturday, November 23, 2013