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Immediate Family

by Ashley Nelson Levy · 2021

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"A tender and fierce debut novel that explores of the bond between two siblings-one the biological child and one adopted-and the complexities of motherhood, infertility, race, and the many definitions of family"—

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
siblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2020s2020sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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