Lola Jaye

Being Lara

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What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally learned the word adopted. Twenty-two years later, a stranger arrives as she blows out the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake—a woman in a blue-and-black head tie who also claims the title Lara’s mother. Lara, always in control, now finds her life slipping free of the stranglehold she's had on it. Unexpected, dangerously unfamiliar emotions are turning Lara's life upside down, pulling her between Nigeria and London, forcing her to confront the truth about her past. But… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-206934-4
EAN: 9780062069344
Produktnummer: 11509767
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Gattung: Novel
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.5 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.2 cm 249 g
Gewicht: 249

Über den Autor

Lola Jaye was born and raised in London, England, where she still makes her home; she has also lived briefly in Nigeria. By the Time You Read This—Lola's first U.S. novel—was published by HarperCollins in 2009. Her inspirational essay Reaching for the Stars: How You Can Make Your Dreams Come True, in which she charted her journey from foster child to author, was released in 2009 as part of the U.K.'s wildly popular Quick Reads program.