A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life..., Dana Reinhardt
A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life..., Dana Reinhardt
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A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life

Author: Dana Reinhardt

Narrator: Mandy Siegfried

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2006


Synopsis

Simone’s starting her junior year in high school. Her mom’s a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad’s a political cartoonist, so she’s grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign petitions for worthy causes. She’s got a terrific younger brother and amazing friends. And she’s got a secret crush on a really smart and funny guy–who spends all of his time with another girl.

Then her birth mother contacts her. Simone’s always known she was adopted, but she never wanted to know anything about it. She’s happy with her family just as it is, thank you.

She learns who her birth mother was–a 16-year-old girl named Rivka. Who is Rivka? Why has she contacted Simone? Why now? The answers lead Simone to deeper feelings of anguish and love than she has ever known, and to question everything she once took for granted about faith, life, the afterlife, and what it means to be a daughter.

About The Author

Dana Reinhardt is a nonpracticing attorney who has worked on documentaries on many subjects. She and her husband have two small children and live in Los Angeles.


Reviews

This was Dana Reinhardt's debut novel. I am so impressed! The writing was excellent and flowed well. There were many touchy topics in this novel. Teen pregnancy, adoption, atheism, agnosticism, Christianity, Judaism. But this story isn't so much about religion as it is about a young girl's place in......more

Goodreads review by Jazbia

I started reading the book two three days ago. The start to it was interesting however I didn't find it capturing my attention much. A few lines here and there are quite fascinating but there's nothing extra to the storyline. I would rate it an average 2.5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Meghan

"This is just so unfair." Rivka laughs. "What's so funny?" "Oh, I don't know. Nothing, really. It's just that I used to get hung up on thinking about fairness and why and why me and why now. And it just doesn't get you anywhere. It's like those questions you used to pester your parents with. Why? Why?......more