Far from the Tree
National Book Award Winner, PEN America Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller!
Perfect for fans of This Is Us, Robin Benway’s beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms—how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.
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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I would recommend this book (to anyone) to those who have experienced adoption, foster care, addiction, pregnancy loss...(I’m sure there are so many other experiences one could relate to when reading this book) and to those who feel an overwhelming sense that their struggles, fears, hopes, dreams, and losses aren’t worth sharing.
Grace is an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, 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 And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother.
I agree that Grace is an only child and the time comes she got pregnant to peach. Maya is a lesbian. She is in love with Claire. Joaquin is living with his foster parents. He doesn't want to talk about their biological mother. Grace wants to go find her bio mother but Joaquin and Maya don't.
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