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A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life - by Dana Reinhardt (Paperback)
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Highlights
- You can tell what really makes Simone different just by looking at her: she doesn't resemble anyone in her family.
- Cybils (Young Adult Fiction) 2006 3rd Winner
- 8.08" x 5.35" Paperback
- 256 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Family
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About the Book
Simone learns that her birth mother is named Rivka, who was 16 years old when she gave birth. Now Rivka wants to contact Simone. Why now? The answers lead Simone to deeper feelings of anguish and love than she has ever known, and to question everything she once took for granted about faith, life, the afterlife, and what it means to be a daughter.Book Synopsis
You can tell what really makes Simone different just by looking at her: she doesn't resemble anyone in her family. She's adopted. She's always known it, but she's never wanted to know anything about where she came from. She's happy with her family just as it is, thank you.
Then one day, Rivka calls, and Simone learns who her mother was--a 16-year-old, just like Simone. Who is Rivka? What does she want? Why is she calling now, after all these years? The answers lead Simone to deeper feelings of anguish and love than she has ever known and prompt her to question everything she has taken for granted about faith, the afterlife, and what it means to be a daughter.
Review Quotes
"An outstanding first novel by an enormously talented writer." - Kliatt, Starred
About the Author
DANA REINHARDT is the author of A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Harmless, How to Build a House, and The Things a Brother Knows. She lives with her husband and two daughters.