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On the outskirts of normal forging a family against the grain

On the outskirts of normal forging a family against the grain

Monroe, Debra.
Restricted EAudiobook (NNELS) 2011

In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black.

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Adoptive parents United States Biography
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Unabridged
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1 audio file (9 hr., 45 min.) : digital
Notes:
Downloadable audio file
Title from title screen (viewed November 7, 2011)
Restricted to use by people with documented print impairment
Narrated by Lynne McCollough
9781461833352
Mode of access: World wide web
NNELS
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1157040
Other Authors:
BC Libraries Cooperative. National Network for Equitable Library Service, distributor
McCollough, Lynne, narrator
Recorded Books, LLC, producing agency
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