Small Damages by Beth Kephart

Small Damages by Beth Kephart

Juno meets Under the Tuscan Sun

It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers she's pregnant. Her determination to keep her baby is something her boyfriend and mother do not understand. So she is sent to Spain, where she will live out her pregnancy, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple. No one will ever know.

Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. But as she gets to know Estela, the stubborn old cook, and Esteban, the mysterious young man who cares for the horses, she begins to open her eyes, and her heart, to the beauty that is all around her, and inside her. Kenzie realizes she has some serious choices to make--choices about life, love, and home.

Lyrically told in a way that makes the heat, the colors, and the smells of Spain feel alive, Small Damages is a feast for the heart and the soul, and a coming-of-age novel not easily forgotten.

Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of nearly thirty books, a National Book Award finalist, an award-winning adjunct teacher of nonfiction and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania, and the cofounder of Juncture Workshops. Her essays and reviews appear in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Ninth Letter, North American Review, the Normal School, Chicago Tribune, Literary Hub, the Millions, Creative Nonfiction, and Brevity. She has given talks on a wide range of subjects across the country, worked with young readers and writers of all ages, gave a commencement address at Radnor High, where she is a Hall of Famer, and has been twice featured in exhibits at the Philadelphia International Airport. Her novels for younger readers--Wild Blues, This Is the Story of You, Going Over, and Undercover, among them--have received multiple starred reviews and appeared on many best-of lists. Beth frequently collaborates with her husband, the artist William Sulit, on illustrated books and journals, including Trini's Big Leap, a Penny Candy Books picture book. More about Beth can be found at bethkephartbooks.com. Beth lives in Pennsylvania.

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ISBN 13	9780142426418
ISBN 10	0142426415
Title	Small Damages
Author	Beth Kephart
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2013-07-11
Number of pages	296
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.