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Author Sharkey, Lauren J., author.

Title Inconvenient daughter / a novel by Lauren J. Sharkey.

Publication Info. Brooklyn, New York : Kaylie Jones Books/ Akashic Books, [2020]
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 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  SHARKEY, LAUREN J.    Check Shelf
Description 196 pages ; 21 cm
Summary "Rowan Kelly knows she's lucky. After all, if she hadn't been adopted, she could have spent her days in a rice paddy, or a windowless warehouse assembling iPhones - they make iPhones in Korea, right? Either way, slowly dying of boredom on Long Island is surely better than the alternative. But as she matures, she realizes that she'll never know if she has her mother's eyes, or if she'd be in America at all had her adoptive parents been able to conceive. Rowan sets out to prove that she can be someone's first choice. After running away from home - and her parents' rules - and ending up beaten, barefoot, and topless on a Pennsylvania street courtesy of Bad Boy Number One, Rowan attaches herself to Never-Going-to-Commit. When that doesn't work out, she fully abandons self-respect and begins browsing Craigslist personals. But as Rowan dives deeper into the world of casual encounters with strangers, she discovers what she's really looking for."--Provided by publisher
Subject Adoptees -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Fiction.
Adoptive parents -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Fiction.
Korean Americans -- Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.
Dating violence -- Fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
Self-realization in women. (OCoLC)fst01111914
Identity (Philosophical concept) (OCoLC)fst00966889
Dating violence. (OCoLC)fst00888107
Adoptees. (OCoLC)fst00797063
Adoptive parents. (OCoLC)fst00797131
Korean Americans. (OCoLC)fst00988587
New York (State) -- Long Island. (OCoLC)fst01241714
Genre/Form Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
Bildungsromans. (OCoLC)fst01726536
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
ISBN 9781617759345 (hardcover)
1617759341 (hardcover)
9781617757099 (paperback)
1617757098 (paperback)
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