Memoir for an adult audience

In this true story set in the 1950s and ’60s, an adopted, only child finds herself an outlier in her small town of Celina, Ohio, while struggling to be the elusive, golden child she imagines her charismatic doctor-daddy and easily-hurt socialite mother really wanted, while also coping with the strict rules of the Catholic Church.

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“. . . brutally honest . . . a compelling work. Get it.”

—Kirkus Reviews

 

“Moving story of an adopted daughter’s search for her own voice.”—Booklife

 

“Well-written and poignant ... feelings and experiences to which many adoptees ... can relate.” —Betsie Norris

Founder and Executive Director, Adoption Network Cleveland