Relative Strangers

Name: Relative Strangers
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Paula Garner
ISBN: 9781543687651

Author: Paula Garner

Narrator: Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/10/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Family

Synopsis

Why is there a gap in Jules's baby album? A wry and poignant coming-of-age novel about finding the truth in lies, salvaging hope in heartbreak, and making peace with missing pieces.

Eighteen-year-old Jules has always wished for a close-knit family. She never knew her father, and her ex-addict mother has always seemed more interested in artistic endeavors than in bonding with her only daughter. Jules's life and future look as flat and unchanging as her small Illinois town. Then a simple quest to find a baby picture for the senior yearbook leads to an earth-shattering discovery: for most of the first two years of her life, Jules lived in foster care. Reeling from feelings of betrayal and with only the flimsiest of clues, Jules sets out to learn the truth about her past. What she finds is a wonderful family who loved her as their own and hoped to adopt her — including a now-adult foster brother who is overjoyed to see his sister again. But as her feelings for him spiral into a devastating, catastrophic crush — and the divide between Jules and her mother widens — Jules finds herself on the brink of losing everything.

About Paula Garner

Paula Garner spends most of her time writing, reading, and making good things to eat. Her debut YA novel, Phantom Limbs, was a 2017 Illinois Reads selection. Paula Garner lives in the Chicago area with her family and a very bad cat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristy on April 15, 2018

Jules is a senior in high school; for as long as she can remember, it's always just been her and her mom, a recovering alcoholic. But when Jules goes to look for a baby picture to include in her senior yearbook, she makes a startling discovery: she spent the majority of her first two years in foster......more

Goodreads review by Kylie Amber on March 23, 2018

** I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Candlewick Press in exchange for my honest review** Relative Strangers was a sweet story about learning of loss and family, and finding your true self. Overall, I liked the idea of where the story stemmed from, Jules' finding her family of the lost 15......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on March 12, 2018

This review can also be found on my blog. This was good, but I did have a few problems with it overall. First of all, I think it started out REALLY strong. I was laughing in the very first few pages and I got an amazing sense of who our main character was. I liked her. I liked her love of food and her......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on April 10, 2018

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight After loving the author's debut, Phantom Limbs ,I knew I had to get my hands on this book. And yay, it did not disappoint! Let us talk about why! Paula Garner does an amazi......more

Goodreads review by Samantha (WLABB) on April 02, 2018

I absolutely adored Phantom Limbs, and just had to read this book. I was so intrigued by this premise of Jules discovering this whole missing part of her life, and was quite moved by her journey. •Pro: I was glued to the this book for the first half. Fully rapt by Jules and her story, I could not put......more