Rhoda: a Life in Stories by Ellen Gilchrist

Rhoda: a Life in Stories by Ellen Gilchrist

Fifteen years after discovering an abandoned baby boy in the woods, widower Nathan McCann finds him abandoned once again--this time at his doorstep--in this emotional tale from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde.

While duck hunting one morning, childless, middle-aged Nathan McCann finds a newborn abandoned in the woods. To his shock, the child--wrapped in a sweater and wearing a tiny knitted hat--is still alive. To his wife's shock, Nathan wants to adopt the boy.but the child's grandmother steps in. Nathan makes her promise, however, that one day she'll bring the boy to meet him so he can reveal that he was the one who rescued him.

Fifteen years later, the widowered Nathan discovers the child abandoned once again--this time at his doorstep. Named Nat, the teenager has grown into a sullen delinquent whose grandmother can no longer tolerate him. Nathan agrees to care for Nat, and the two engage in a battle of wills that spans years. Still, the older man repeatedly assures the youngster that, unlike the rest of the world, he will never abandon him--not even when Nat suffers a trauma that changes both of their lives forever.

From the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes When I Found You, an exquisite, emotional tale of the unexpected bonds that nothing in life can break.

Revised edition: This edition of When I Found You includes editorial revisions.

Gilchrist, Ellen: - Ellen Gilchrist, Fayetteville, Arkansas, teaches creative writing at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of several collections of short stories and novellas including The Cabal and Other Stories, Flights of Angels, The Age of Miracles, The Courts of Love, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Victory Over Japan (winner of the National Book Award in 1984), Drunk with Love, I Cannot Get You Close Enough, and most recently, Acts of God. Her novels include The Anna Papers; The Annunciation; Net of Jewels; Starcarbon; Sarah Conley; Anabasis: A Journey to the Interior; and I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with My Daddy. She is the author of two collections of essays, Falling through Space and The Writing Life, both published by University Press of Mississippi.

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ISBN 13	9780316314640
ISBN 10	0316314641
Title	Rhoda: a Life in Stories
Author	Ellen Gilchrist
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	1995-11-01
Number of pages	419
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