Category: General Fiction, Novel
Language: EnglishKeywords: Adoption Coming of Age Domestic Violence. Drugs Identity Sexual Abuse
Written by Lauren J. Sharkey
Read by Leslie Bellair
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged
Rowan Kelly knows sheâs lucky. After all, if she hadnât 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 sheâll never know if she has her motherâs eyes, or if sheâd be in America at all had her adoptive parents been able to conceive.
Rowan sets out to prove that she can be someoneâs first choice. After running away from home - and her parentsâ 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 doesnât 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 sheâs really looking for.
With a fresh voice and a quick wit, Lauren J. Sharkey dispels the myths surrounding transracial adoption, the ties that bind, and what it means to belong.
February 16 2021
4 hrs and 54 mins
Rowan Kelly knows sheâs lucky. After all, if she hadnât 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 sheâll never know if she has her motherâs eyes, or if sheâd be in America at all had her adoptive parents been able to conceive.
Rowan sets out to prove that she can be someoneâs first choice. After running away from home - and her parentsâ 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 doesnât 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 sheâs really looking for.
With a fresh voice and a quick wit, Lauren J. Sharkey dispels the myths surrounding transracial adoption, the ties that bind, and what it means to belong.
February 16 2021
4 hrs and 54 mins