Not My Daughter
by Barbara Delinsky
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0007285841
- ISBN 13
- 9780007285846
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Synopsis
A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in this explosive new novel from Barbara Delinsky, "a first-rate storyteller who creates characters as familiar as your neighbors." (Boston Globe) When Susan Tate's seventeen-year-old daughter, Lily, announces she is pregnant, Susan is stunned. A single mother, she has struggled to do everything right. She sees the pregnancy as an unimaginable tragedy for both Lily and herself.Then comes word of two more pregnancies among high school juniors who happen to be Lily's best friends-and the town turns to talk of a pact. As fingers start pointing, the most ardent criticism is directed at Susan. As principal of the high school, she has always been held up as a role model of hard work and core values. Now her detractors accuse her of being a lax mother, perhaps not worthy of the job of shepherding impressionable students. As Susan struggles with the implications of her daughter's pregnancy, her job, financial independence, and long-fought-for dreams are all at risk.The emotional ties between mothers and daughters are stretched to breaking in this emotionally wrenching story of love and forgiveness. Once again, Barbara Delinsky has given us a powerful novel, one that asks a central question: What does it take to be a good mother?From the Hardcover edition.
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- Book Haven (NZ)
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- Title
- Not My Daughter
- Author
- Barbara Delinsky
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007285841
- ISBN 13
- 9780007285846
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publ. UK 2010 Paperback
- This edition first published
- 2010
- Pages
- 368
- Keywords
- Fiction
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