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 Natalie
Armstrong had everything. Beauty and intelligence, an early
acceptance at college, a great boyfriend, and a wonderful, loving
family. But the summer when she turned seventeen, Natalie decided
to ask that one unanswered question, "Who is my real mother
?" That question sends her on a journey deep into northern
Maine and into the mystery of her own past. From phone books, yellowed
newspapers, and a picture in a high school yearbook, Natalie begins
to piece together the identity of her biological mother and to come
to grips with the strangely frightening possibility that she may
meet her face to face at last.
Her search for the truth of her birth creates a confusing welter
of emotions, from which she emerges with a new sense of the connection
between parent and child, the old and the young and with a clearer
sense of herself. This is a provocative and multilayered novel,
rich in detail and with an extraordinary sensitivity to the feelings
and motives of the characters.
"A
sad and funny book about [a] . . . teenager who learns the meaning
of loneliness and enters adulthood with the knowledge that one can
indeed inherit the best of two worlds." -- Booklist, starred
review
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