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Keeper of lost children / Sadeqa Johnson.

Johnson, Sadeqa, (author.).

Summary:

"Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GIs feels compelled to help find these children homes. Philadelphia born Ozzie Phillips volunteers for the recently desegregated army in 1948, eager to make his mark in the world. While serving in Manheim, Germany, he meets a local woman, Jelka, and the two embark of a relationship that will impact their lives forever. In 1965 Maryland, Sophia Clark is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious all-white boarding school and escape her heartless parents. While at the school, she discovers a secret that upends her world and sends her on a quest to unravel her own identity."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781668069912
  • ISBN: 1668069911
  • Physical Description: 458 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : 37 INK/Simon & Schuster, [2026]

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Subject:
Families > Fiction.
Women > Fiction.
Multiracial people > Fiction.
Interracial adoption > Fiction.
Germany > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

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  • 40 of 115 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Swansboro Branch Library FIC JOHNSON (Text) 36015000779088 Adult Fiction Available -

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