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Faith, a mother of two young children, Cece and Connor, is in need of summer childcare. As a member of a staid old beach club in her town and a self-made business consultant, she is appalled when her brother-in-law sends her an unruly, ill-mannered teenager named Lee-Ann who appears more like a wayward child than competent help. What begins as a promising start to a redemptive relationship between the two ends in a tragedy that lands Faith in a treatment facility, leveled by trauma. Years later, Faith and her mother, Irene, visit Cece in college. A fresh-faced student with a shaved head and…
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3 editions- Ebook · English · 2021The ocean houseAtlantic Monthly Press · 9780802157546
- Other · English · 2022Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802159434
- Other · English · 2021Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 208 pages · 9780802157539
Fiction, short stories (single author)






