This sweeping multi-generational love story introduces readers to mother-and-daughter pair Marilyn and Angie. To seventeen-year-old Angie, who is mixed-race, Marilyn is her hardworking, devoted white single mother. But Marilyn was once young, too. When Marilyn was seventeen, she fell in love with Angie's father, James, who was African-American. But Angie's never met him, and Marilyn has always told her he died before she was born. When Angie discovers evidence of an uncle she's never met she starts to wonder: What if her dad is still alive, too? So she sets off on a journey to find him, hitching a ride to LA from her home in New Mexico with her ex-boyfriend, Sam. Along the way, she uncovers some hard truths about herself, her mother, and what truly happened to her father.
Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahren.
Personen: Dellaira, Ava
Leseror. Aufstellung: engl. Bücher
E Ju 3
Dellaira, Ava:
In Search Of Us : Because the missing pieces matter / Ava Dellaira. - London : Hot Key Books, 2018. - 389
ISBN 978-1-4714-0651-5 Broschur : EUR 9,99
Erd-, Länder- und Völkerkunde, Reisen - Buch