num_pages: 232
description: A vibrant and provocative debut novel that dispels myths surrounding transracial adoption.Rowan Kelly knows shes lucky. After all if she hadnt been adopted she could have spent her days in a rice paddy or a windowless warehouse assembling iPhonesthey 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 shell never know if she has her mothers eyes or if shed be in America at all had her adoptive parents been able to conceive.Rowan sets out to prove that she can be someones first choice. After running away from homeand her parents rulesand 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 doesnt 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 shes 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.A debut novel on our Kaylie Jones Books imprint.
language: English
title: Inconvenient Daughter
publisher: Akashic Books / Kaylie Jones Books