What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family issues in this “daring, compassionate, and deeply human story” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author).
Natalie Clark knew never to ask her sensitive adoptive mother questions about her past. She doesn’t even know her birth mother’s name—only that the young woman signed parental rights over to the state when Natalie was a baby. Now Natalie’s own daughter must complete a family tree project for school, and Natalie is determined to unearth the truth about her roots.
Brooke Walker doesn’t have a family. At least, that’s what she tells herself after being separated from her mother and her little sister at age four. Having grown up in a state facility and countless foster homes, Brooke survives the only way she knows how, by relying on herself. So when she discovers she’s pregnant, Brooke faces a heart-wrenching decision: give up her baby or raise the child completely on her own. Scared and confused, she feels lost until a surprise encounter gives her hope for the future.
How do our early experiences—the subtle and the traumatic—define us as adults? How do we build relationships when we’ve been deprived of real connection? Critically acclaimed author Amy Hatvany considers controversial and complicated questions about childhood through the lens of her finely crafted characters in this astute novel about mending wounds by diving into the truth of what first tore us apart.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1: Jennifer
- Chapter 2: Natalie
- Chapter 3: Brooke
- Chapter 4: Jennifer
- Chapter 5: Natalie
- Chapter 6: Brooke
- Chapter 7: Jennifer
- Chapter 8: Natalie
- Chapter 9: Brooke
- Chapter 10: Jennifer
- Chapter 11: Natalie
- Chapter 12: Brooke
- Chapter 13: Jennifer
- Chapter 14: Natalie
- Chapter 15: Brooke
- Chapter 16: Natalie
- Chapter 17: Jennifer
- Chapter 18: Brooke
- Chapter 19: Natalie
- Chapter 20: Brooke
- Chapter 21: Natalie
- Chapter 22: Jennifer
- Chapter 23: Brooke
- Chapter 24: Natalie
- Chapter 25: Brooke
- Chapter 26: Natalie
- Chapter 27: Brooke
- Chapter 28: Jennifer
- Chapter 29: Natalie
- Chapter 30: Brooke
- Chapter 31: Jennifer
- Acknowledgments
- Reading Group Guide
- ‘It Happens All the Time’ Teaser
- About Amy Hatvany
- Copyright
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