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Adoption, The

Adoption, The

by Anne Berry (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

Barefoot, I pick my way across the rough floorboards to where a drawer lined with a quilt serves as a crib. Kneeling as if at chapel, I gaze down at my babe in her makeshift manger. I must not touch her. When I look I must not touch. When I touch I must not look. In this way Mam says no bond will form. Having fallen pregnant to a German POW, a young woman gives up her child for adoption. Years later, after a loveless childhood, her daughter will finally discover the secrets of her birth.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 390
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 28 Feb 2013
ISBN 10: 0091947057
ISBN 13: 9780091947057
Book Overview: Told from the perspective of three very different women, The Adoption is an astonishing, warm and wise novel about motherhood, family and identity and the search for both, from the critically acclaimed author of The Hungry Ghosts and The Water Children.

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Heartwarming tale of motherhood and identity...[one of] this year's coolest must-reads * Stylist *
Author Bio
Anne Berry was born in London in 1956, then spent much of her infancy in Aden, before moving on to Hong Kong at the age of six, where she was educated. She worked for a short period as a journalist for the South China Morning Post, before returning to Britain. After completing a three-year acting course, she embarked on a career in theatre, playing everything from pantomime to Shakespeare. She now lives in Surrey with her husband and four children. She is the author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning novels, The Hungry Ghosts and The Water Children.