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"Throughout her childhood, Cissy Stewart is painfully aware of having been adopted. Although she and her older brother Buddy have all the love anyone could want, Cissy has always felt her mother Martha Claire's disappointment at being unable to have biological children.
Ironically, Martha Claire's sister Justine - spontaneous, fun-loving and determined never to be a mother - returns from the Women's Army Corps in World War II Europe, pregnant.
Her mother Justine is relieved at being able to resume her career, and Martha Claire is delighted to have a child of which she's *almost* the parent.
Throughout the book, which spans several generations, two mysteries prevail. The first is the origins of Cissy and Buddy, brought to the Stewart household by a doctor, who staunchly kept the secret upon his deathbed. The second is Iris' father, who to Martha Claire's horror, may in fact be someone she knows quite well.
Upon confronting Justine about Iris' paternity, Martha Claire shatters the family. Cissy and Iris, raised as sisters, are torn apart, and no longer is there a sense of a cohesive unit.
Throughout the years, even as she struggles to convince Martha Claire of the need for forgiveness, Cissy begins to understand that whatever her place in the world, she was, in fact, needed as her mother's daughter. "
Joanna, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- search for family/history
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- doctor
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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