num_pages: 462
description: Claire Shannon, the child of a broken marriage, experiences happiness for the first time when drawn into the warmth of the McArdle's family circle. She shares their hopes and dreams, is included in all of the family outings. The mother is kindly and careful of her, but the father abuses her and she becomes pregnant.Later, as consequences unfold, a double tragedy occurs in the family. In its aftermath she believes that her childhood secret is buried and forgotten...until she falls in love with the son of the man who abused her.
language: English
title: Like One of the Family
titlecomplete: Like One of the Family
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Brandon Books