Mistress'S Daughter by A M Homes
On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. This story is about these two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes which are strange and unexpected.
'A compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty that few of us would risk' Zadie Smith 'Veracious words on the complexity and ambiguity of the fractured life of an adopted childCelebratory and shattering, it will leave you asking yourself, adopted or not, who AM I?' Jamie Lee Curtis
AM Homes is the author of five novels, In a Country of Mothers, The End of Alice, Music for Torching and Jack, and two collections of short stories, The Safety of Objects and Things You Should Know, all published by Granta. She lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781862079755 |
| ISBN 10 | 1862079757 |
| Title | Mistress'S Daughter |
| Author | A M Homes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2007-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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