Small Damages by Beth Kephart - ISBN: 9780142426418
Paperback
Teen pregnancy, forced adoption, and self-discovery in Spain.

Small Damages

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  • Paperback

    296 pages

  • Release Date

    11 July 2013

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Summary

It’s senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers she’s pregnant. Her determination to keep her baby is something her boyfriend and mother do not understand. So she is sent to Spain, where she will live out her pregnancy, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple. No one will ever know.

Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. But as she gets to know Estela, the stubborn…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780142426418
ISBN-10:0142426415
Author:Beth Kephart
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Plume
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:296
Release Date:11 July 2013
Weight:286g
Dimensions:210mm x 140mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Lovely” —The Los Angeles Times

“Stunning. Kephart’s lyrical prose lingers with you long after the final page. I simply didn’t want it to end.”—Ruta Sepetys, author of the New York Times bestseller Between Shades of Gray

“As this delicate and luscious novel unfolds, the lines are blurred between love and loss, past and present, real and magical, and even life and death.”—Kathryn Erskine, author of National Book Award winner Mockingbird

“‘Dreamlike’ is one word for Small Damages…[Kenzie’s] percolating story emerges through Kephart’s lilting prose in the same hazy way you’d meander through the narrow white streets of Seville…The novel is a story about choices…but also about finding one’s self.” —New York Times Book Review

“ Kephart is a linguistic Midas — everything she puts to paper is golden, including this gem.” —Family Circle

“[Kephart’s] prose is nearly poetic… it all works to create her own vivid style.” —Romantic Times Book Reviews

“This beautifully written ‘summer of transformation’ story will have readers feeling as torn about Kenzie’s choice as she is.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Lovely and unusual—at once epic and intimate.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“A magical story.” —VOYA

“Beautifully told, the characters’ stories are soulful and compelling, and the setting is rich and alive.” —SLJ

“Kephart has created a lyrical, beautiful story about a young woman at a turning point, struggling to reconcile her choices, find her place in the world and discover the true meaning of family.” —BookPage

“As soon as the book ends, we want to begin it again.” —Shelf Awareness

About The Author

Beth Kephart

Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books. She teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Pennsylvania. When she’s not writing or teaching, she loves to take photographs and to garden. Beth lives in Devon, Pennsylvania.

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