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'My life begins at the Y...' Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA and then bounced between foster homes, Shannon eventually finds stability in the home of Miranda, a single mother with a daughter of her own. But as Shannon grows, so do her questions. Will she ever belong? Who is...
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'My life begins at the Y...' Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA and then bounced between foster homes, Shannon eventually finds stability in the home of Miranda, a single mother with a daughter of her own. But as Shannon grows, so do her questions. Will she ever belong? Who is her true family? And why would her parents abandon Shannon on the day she was born? The answers lie in the heartrending tale of her mother, a headstrong young woman trapped in a series of events that will change her life forever.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B009YJH6TQ
Publish date: January 1st 2013
Publisher: Faber & Faber Fiction
Pages no: 370
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Parenting,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Canada,
Adoption
Als ich zum ersten Mal den Klappentext gelesen habe, war ich sofort berührt von der Thematik dieses Buches. Und Marjorie Celona konnte meine Erwartungen an ihren Debütroman vollkommen erfüllen. Zwei Handlungsstränge führen durch die Geschichte. Zum einen erlebt man die Suche von Shannon nach ihren W...
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