Believe in me
By: Lucy Neave
Publisher: UQP
Published: 2021
Place of publication: St Lucia, Qld
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780702263361
Subjects: Parent and child; Fiction; Intergenerational relations; Identity (Psychology); Australian fiction; Modern & contemporary fiction
Description: An unforgettable and profound novel about three generations of one family and the healing power of understanding where you've come from. As a teenager in the 1970s, Sarah is forced to leave her home in upstate New York to accompany a missionary to Idaho. When she falls pregnant, she is dispatched to relatives in Sydney, who place her in a home for unmarried mothers. Years later her daughter, Bet, pieces together her mother's life story, hoping to understand her better. As she learns more about Sarah's past, Bet struggles to come to terms with her own history and identity, yet is determined to make peace with Sarah's choices before it's too late.