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An astonishing memoir that "demonstrates the true meaning of family" from the author of
The Paris Wife
and
When the Stars Go Dark
, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (
Chicago Tribune
).
As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years a book the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's
The Boys of My Youth
and Mary Karr's
The Liar's Club
.
McLain's beautiful writing and limber voice capture the intense loneliness, sadness, and determination of a young girl both on her own and responsible, with her siblings, for staying together as a family.
The Paris Wife
and
When the Stars Go Dark
, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (
Chicago Tribune
).
As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years a book the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's
The Boys of My Youth
and Mary Karr's
The Liar's Club
.
McLain's beautiful writing and limber voice capture the intense loneliness, sadness, and determination of a young girl both on her own and responsible, with her siblings, for staying together as a family.
An astonishing memoir that "demonstrates the true meaning of family" from the author of
The Paris Wife
and
When the Stars Go Dark
, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (
Chicago Tribune
).
As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years a book the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's
The Boys of My Youth
and Mary Karr's
The Liar's Club
.
McLain's beautiful writing and limber voice capture the intense loneliness, sadness, and determination of a young girl both on her own and responsible, with her siblings, for staying together as a family.
The Paris Wife
and
When the Stars Go Dark
, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (
Chicago Tribune
).
As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years a book the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's
The Boys of My Youth
and Mary Karr's
The Liar's Club
.
McLain's beautiful writing and limber voice capture the intense loneliness, sadness, and determination of a young girl both on her own and responsible, with her siblings, for staying together as a family.
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