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Like Family

Growing up in Other People's Houses, a Memoir

Like Family( )
Author: McLain, Paula
ISBN:978-0-316-40060-2
Publication Date:Aug 2013
Publisher:Little Brown & Company
Imprint:Back Bay Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

An astonishing memoir that "demonstrates the true meaning of family" from the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (Chicago Tribune).  As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Family & Relationships / Adoption & Fostering
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.875 Inches
Book Weight:0.57 Pounds
Author Biography
McLain, Paula (Author)
Paula McLain was born in Fresno, California in 1965. After being abandoned by both parents, she and her two sisters became wards of the California Court System and moved in and out of foster homes for the next 14 years. She received a MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996. She is the author of two collections of poetry entitled Less of Her and Stumble, Gorgeous and a memoir entitled Like Family: Growing up in Other People's Houses. She has also written several novels including A Ticket to Ride, The Paris Wife, and Circling the Sun. She has published individual poems and essays in numerous journals including the Gettysburg Review, Antioch Review, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine.

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