Kit

Bastards : a memoir [kit] / Mary Anna King.

Summary:

Born into poverty in southern New Jersey, Mary Anna King watched her mother give away one of her five newborn sisters every year to another family. Then one day, she was sent away, too. Mary is a college student when her sisters start to get back in touch. Moving, haunting, and at times wickedly funny, [this book] is about finding one's family and oneself. --Publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9780393352849 : PAP
ISBN: 0393352846 : PAP
Physical Description: 12 books (viii, 249 pages) in a tote box ; 11 x 15 x 7 + 1 folder.
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Twelve copies of this title are in a book club kit for checkout by a designated book club member.

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Formatted Contents Note:

Jersey -- The day the music died -- Marigold Court -- Scars -- The secondhand washing machine -- Bringing Becky back -- Leaving Jersey -- Oklahoma -- Reflections -- Telling stories -- Discipline -- Things you can tell justby looking -- The debt -- Wake up -- Found -- Hammered -- Like a hole in my head -- Good daughter -- Rebekah two -- Join the club -- Quarter-life crisis -- Requiem -- Meeting Lesley.