"The year was 1949, and Daniella DeChristopher's mother was a scared seventeen-year-old pregnant girl. She had no true home. Her family had come to American [America] from Italy on vacation and simply never left. Her Catholic parents had disowned her. There was nowhere to go. Eventually, Daniella's mother gave up her daughter to be raised by strangers. This is the story of that child. This heart-wrenching memoir chronicles the childhood of a daughter without a mother. In vivid detail, Daniella describes how her mother's abandonment deeply traumatized her. However, she wouldn't let it break her. Some would have chosen to accept it. Daniella chose to get mad. This passion and anger would fuel her own journey toward a new family and a new life. Along the way, she shows remarkable compassion for the people she has met and for that scared, pregnant teenage girl all those years ago."--Back cover.
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