2017
374 pgs.
Genre/Level
Finished July 20, 2018
Goodreads rating: 4.33 - 11,799 ratings
My rating: 5
Setting: Contemporary America
First line/s:: "Grace hadn't really thought too much about homecoming."
My comments: Writing a book is magical, writing a truly good book is mystical. I have such admiration for an author that can weave together a story like this one. Getting to know and understand the three protagonists is a slow process and makes the story all the more delicious. This book is also a reminder that there are more good people than bad in the world and that you don't have to be born into a family to be surrounded by love.
Goodreads synopsis: A contemporary novel about three adopted siblings who find each other at just the right moment.
Being the middle child has its ups and downs.
But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family, including—
Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, who has a lot to say about their newfound family ties. Having grown up the snarky brunette in a house full of chipper redheads, she’s quick to search for traces of herself among these not-quite-strangers. And when her adopted family’s long-buried problems begin to explode to the surface, Maya can’t help but wonder where exactly it is that she belongs.
And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother. After seventeen years in the foster care system, he’s learned that there are no heroes, and secrets and fears are best kept close to the vest, where they can’t hurt anyone but him.
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