First Title value, for Searching:
A girl within a girl within a girl : a novel
First Author value, for Searching:
Reddy, Nanda, author.
Format:
Libros
Abstract:
On an ordinary day in an upscale Atlanta suburb, Maya is making breakfast for her two sons, when her husband drops a red-and-blue striped envelope on the counter and asks a devastating question: Who is Sunny? As she frantically weighs the impact of the truth on her future, Maya relives the details of her childhood journey to America from Guyana-and the traumatic events that forced her to leave her past behind. Through the eyes of Maya's innocent and scared younger self, we discover the power of hope, empathy, and the possibility of beginning again.
Tema:
| Adult child abuse victims -- Fiction. |
| Abused children -- Fiction. |
| Deception -- Fiction. |
| Guyanese -- Fiction. |
| Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction. |
| Life change events -- Fiction. |
| Secrecy -- Fiction. |
| Enfants maltraités devenus adultes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Tromperie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Guyaniens -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Secret -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Child abuse -- Fiction. |
| Fraud -- Fiction. |
| Guyana -- Fiction. |
| United States -- Fiction. |
| Guyana -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Novels. |
| Romans. |
Summary:
On an ordinary day in an upscale Atlanta suburb, Maya is making breakfast for her two sons, when her husband drops a red-and-blue striped envelope on the counter and asks a devastating question: Who is Sunny? As she frantically weighs the impact of the truth on her future, Maya relives the details of her childhood journey to America from Guyana-and the traumatic events that forced her to leave her past behind. Through the eyes of Maya's innocent and scared younger self, we discover the power of hope, empathy, and the possibility of beginning again.
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