The mistress's daughter / A. M. Homes.
An acclaimed novelist's memoir about what it means to be adopted and how all of us construct our sense of self and family. Before A.M. Homes was born, she was put up for adoption. Her birth mother was a 22-year-old single woman having an affair with a much older married man. Thirty years later, her birth parents came looking for her. Homes, renowned for the psychological accuracy and intensity of her storytelling, tells how they made contact with her, what happened next, and what she was able to reconstruct about the story of their lives. Her birth mother, a complex and lonely woman, never married or had another child, and died in 1998. Years later, Homes opened boxes of her mother's memorabilia, hoping to know her secrets, but no relief came. She then became obsessed with finding out as much as she could about all four parents and their families.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 0670038385
- ISBN: 9780670038381
- ISBN: 0143113313
- ISBN: 9780143113317
- Physical Description: 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2007.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Mistress's Daughter 3 -- Unpacking My Mother 109 -- Electronic Anthropologist 143 -- My Father's Ass 183 -- Like an Episode of L.A. Law 203 -- My Grandmother's Table 223.
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Adopted children > United States > Biography.
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- Autobiographies.
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- 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO HOMES (Text) | 36015000688529 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
