The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse
How had it all begun? It was a question Maisie O’Sullivan had asked herself so many times, but could never answer.

The House Children by Heidi Daniele
My birth was a sin and a crime.

The Sum of our Sorrows by Lisette Brodey
Lily Sheppard twisted her torso as she sat in her mother’s floral armchair, her back now facing the assemblage of darkly dressed people in the living room.