Title::
The Phoebe variations
First Author value, for Searching:
Hamilton, Jane, 1957 July 13- author.
Format:
Book
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Abstract:
"Seventeen-year-old Phoebe was never interested in her birth family. But on the cusp of her high school graduation, her adoptive mother, Greta, insists on a visit to meet her biological parents and siblings. The encounter is a jolt, a revelation that derails Phoebe. With the help of her best friend Luna, Phoebe runs away--as far as their friend Patrick O'Connor's chaotic home, where she hopes to go unnoticed among his thirteen siblings. What begins as a adolescent rebellion soon spirals into a whirlwind of transformation and self-discovery. As Phoebe grapples with her shifting identity, she must navigate the tumultuous road out of girlhood and chart a new and unknown course."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject:
| Teenage girls -- Fiction. |
| Adopted children -- Fiction. |
| Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. |
| Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction. |
| Friendship in youth -- Fiction. |
| Teenagers -- Fiction. |
| Mother-daughter relationship -- Fiction. |
| Bildungsromans. |
| Domestic fiction. |
Summary:
"Seventeen-year-old Phoebe was never interested in her birth family. But on the cusp of her high school graduation, her adoptive mother, Greta, insists on a visit to meet her biological parents and siblings. The encounter is a jolt, a revelation that derails Phoebe. With the help of her best friend Luna, Phoebe runs away--as far as their friend Patrick O'Connor's chaotic home, where she hopes to go unnoticed among his thirteen siblings. What begins as a adolescent rebellion soon spirals into a whirlwind of transformation and self-discovery. As Phoebe grapples with her shifting identity, she must navigate the tumultuous road out of girlhood and chart a new and unknown course."--
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