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By Linda Knapp

This novel travels through a year with two adopted teenagers-one white and the other part black-as they search for their biological roots and for themselves. They're brother and sister with different... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419660055
• ISBN13: 9781419660054
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A dose of something real

As one of the first people to purchase it online, I have to say that it was money well-spent. I devoured it on a plane ride back from Chicago. What I appreciated about the writing was how real the scenes at home and family interactions felt (to me). Like Geneva, I remember being a young teenager and trying to figure out what the heck to say to a boy on the phone. And I remember how a sour mood at the dinner table would ruin the experience. Being 15 was difficult. Period. I also thought Nick was portrayed as an incredibly loveable guy. He just happened to make some poor choices, but overall he wanted so badly to do the right thing. Isn't that how many people are? I appreciated that Geneva and Nick were illustrated as real human beings - with all the "warts" that made them unique. Like them, I remember being so happy and then so depressed and then SO happy again for the smallest of reasons. Family life in those years was an emotional roller coaster, but as Linda Knapp illustrates, an undercurrent of love and consistency kept us upright most of the time. This is a real gem of a book.