Close enough /
"It's 1942, and nineteen-year-old Hilda Stenkiewicz has a secret: she's given birth to an illegitimate child. Ashamed and overwhelmed, Hilda turns to her older brother, Martin, for help. On his advice, she gives her baby to Martin's Army buddy and his wife, who are strangers to h...
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| Language: | English |
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Nederland, Texas :
Regal Crest,
[2007]
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| Summary: | "It's 1942, and nineteen-year-old Hilda Stenkiewicz has a secret: she's given birth to an illegitimate child. Ashamed and overwhelmed, Hilda turns to her older brother, Martin, for help. On his advice, she gives her baby to Martin's Army buddy and his wife, who are strangers to her. Hilda, heartbroken and devastated, leaves her hometown in northern Pennsylvania to start anew. She forges a bond with Elaine Huebner, the landlady at her boarding house, and soon, their friendship blossoms into a much deeper relationship. With Elaine's help, Hilda tries to put her past behind her, but she can never forget the baby she surrendered. Frannie Brewster knows she's adopted but believes her birth mother abandoned her in an Alabama truck stop. Through gifted in academics and athletics, Frannie struggles with her identity - including her attraction to women at college and in the Women's Army Corps. After a long separation, Frannie is reunited with the lover she thought was lost to her forever. They discover that they share a similar heartache - one that will shape the rest of their days. In the mid-1980s, before the convenience of cell phones and the Internet and with few clues to guide them, Hilda and Frannie go searching for the missing pieces in their respective lives. They draw ever closer to finding one another, but can they get Close Enough?"--Page 4 of cover |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 270 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781932300857 1932300856 |