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A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life

Written by Dana ReinhardtAuthor Alerts:  Random House will alert you to new works by Dana Reinhardt


· Ember
· Trade Paperback · Ages 14 and up
· September 11, 2007 · $8.99 · 978-0-375-84691-5 (0-375-84691-3)

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You can tell what really makes Simone different just by looking at her: she doesn't resemble anyone in her family. She's adopted. She's always known it, but she's never wanted to know anything about where she came from. She's happy with her family just as it is, thank you.
Then one day, Rivka calls, and Simone learns who her mother was—a 16-year-old, just like Simone. Who is Rivka? What does she want? Why is she calling now, after all these years? The answers lead Simone to deeper feelings of anguish and love than she has ever known and prompt her to question everything she has taken for granted about faith, the afterlife, and what it means to be a daughter.

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"An outstanding first novel by an enormously talented writer." - Kliatt, Starred

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DANA REINHARDT is the author of A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Harmless, How to Build a House, and The Things a Brother Knows. She lives with her husband and two daughters.

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