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The nationwide best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the which means of household
“This sobering portrayal of a pregnant teen exiled from her small New Hampshire neighborhood is a testomony to the significance of understanding and even forgiving the individuals who . . . have made us who we’re.”—O, The Oprah Journal
A New York Occasions Bestseller, now with a brand new epilogue from the creator
Meredith Corridor’s shifting however unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she turns into pregnant at 16. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire neighborhood, she is then kicked out of the home by her mom. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her earlier than they lastly banish her altogether. After giving her child up for adoption, Corridor wanders recklessly via the Center East, the place she survives by promoting her possessions and at last her blood. She returns to New England and stitches collectively a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. Her misplaced son tracks her down when he turns 21, and Corridor learns that he grew up in gritty poverty with an abusive father in her personal father’s hometown. Their reunion is tender, turbulent, and finally redemptive. Corridor’s mother and father by no means ask for her forgiveness, but as they age, she provides them her love. Right here, loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into knowledge.
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“A courageous author of tumultuous magnificence.” —Leisure Weekly
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Writer : Beacon Press; Up to date version (April 9, 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0807016314
ISBN-13 : 978-0807016312
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 5.53 x 0.73 x 8.47 inches
