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She was even briefly placed in a home for children and unwed mothers.

Immediately upon graduation from college, she found work at a county welfare office assisting young, unwed mothers.

“My first novel, “Patron Saint of Liars,” is about a home for unwed mothers in rural Kentucky.

That mixture was added to the foundation, a ninth-grade drop out unwed mom who truly valued education who married a good man who helped her raise me.

Just why this trend has occurred has been the focus of much research, but it undoubtedly reflects increases in unwed mothers, single-parent households, poor and inconsistent nurturing and discipline, domestic violence and child abuse.