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The awkward age : a novel / Francesca Segal.

Summary:

"Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness. This is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399576454
  • ISBN: 0399576452
  • ISBN: 9780399576461
  • Physical Description: 358 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Subject:
Stepfamilies > Fiction.
Teenagers > Family relationships > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library FIC SEGAL (Text) 36015000335873 Adult Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library FIC SEGAL (Text) 36015001326301 Adult Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Segal (Text) 540191011096227 Adult Fiction Available -
Clemmons Branch FIC Segal, Francesca (Text) 0112521415688 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F SEGAL (Text) 22281500133376 Adult Fiction Available -
Cliffdale Library F SEGAL (Text) 31781062089584 Adult Fiction Available -
East Asheville Library F SEG (Text) 0020511457549 Adult Fiction Available -
Enka-Candler Library F SEG (Text) 0020511457531 Adult Fiction Available -
Goldsboro Library F SEG (Text) 900000000504986 Adult Fiction Available -
Kill Devil Hills Library F SEG (Text) 39488501166344 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/17/2026

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