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Give, a Novel | Erica C. Witsell

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Every summer, Jessie and Emma leave their suburban home in the Central Valley of California and fly north to Baymont. Nestled among Mendocino's golden hills, with ponies to love and endless acres to explore, Baymont should be a child's paradise. But Baymont belongs to Laurel, the girls' birth mother, whose heedless parenting and tainted judgement cast a long shadow over the sisters' summers--and their lives. Caught in a web of allegiances, the girls learn again and again that every loyalty has its price, and that even forgiveness can take unexpected turns. Years later, when Laurel asks her elder daughter for the ultimate gift, Jessie must decide just how much to give in the name of love. Luminous and poignant, Give is the story of one family's troubled quest to redeem the mistakes of the past and a stirring testament to the bonds of sisterhood.

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Give, a Novel | Erica C. Witsell

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I was able to hear this author speak and it added a powerful element to my reading. Her talk was on autofiction and what it took to tell her family's story. It was also great to hear about how she fictionalized her family before encountering them in the novel. A great debut about mothers and daughters, how we build families, and the way traumas linger.

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