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Gr 8 Up—High school senior Jill is grieving the death of her beloved father. She's distanced herself from her friends and long-term boyfriend, and her relationship with her mother, Robin, is strained at best. Things get even more complicated when Robin announces that she plans to adopt a baby, and that the baby's teenage mother, Mandy, is going to live with them until the delivery. Jill can't understand why her mother would make this choice, especially when Mandy turns out to be secret...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Zarr places two very different young women at a difficult and crucial moment in each of their lives and takes each through a poignant and credible transformation. Thirty-three weeks pregnant and lacking support of any kind, eighteen-year-old Mandy agrees to give up her baby for adoption to Robin, a financially secure woman she meets online, and to live in Robin's home until the baby is born. Robin's teenage daughter Jill hates the idea; still deeply grieving the loss of h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Pregnant eighteen-year-old Mandy agrees to live in the home of the woman, Robin, who is adopting her baby. Robin's daughter Jill ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

An intelligent, compassionate story about loss, family, and that elusive thing called hope. Immediately catches the reader’s attention with an emotionally charged premise. After losing her husband, Jill’s mother decides to adopt eighteen-year-old Mandy’s baby. Seventeen-year-old Jill isn’...Log In or Sign Up to Read More