The Paper Bracelet: Inspired by heartbreaking true events in a home for unwed mothers, the moving Top Ten historical bestseller

The Paper Bracelet is inspired by true events in a home for unwed mothers. Set in Ireland, Boston, and London, the novel follows Katie Carroll, a former nurse who worked in a west of Ireland home for unwed mothers during the 1970s. For nearly fifty years, Katie has kept a box containing a notebook with details of babies and young women she encountered, along with many of the babies' identity bracelets. After her husband's death, Katie decides to use this information to help reunite adopted people with their birth mothers. She posts a message on an internet forum, and soon begins returning bracelets to their original owners. Through this process, she experiences both success and failure, heartbreak and joy. However, Katie must also confront whether she is prepared for old secrets from her own life to be uncovered.