Stephanie Plymale, American Daughter

In her riveting memoir, American Daughter (HarperOne), Stephanie Thornton Plymale reveals her long-hidden childhood of neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, lack of medical care and sexual abuse. Plymale's absent mentally ill mother was in and out of jails and psych wards. After her mother becomes terminally ill, Plymale embarks on a series of coming-to-terms interviews with her to discover answers about her true lineage, her real father, and her mother's dark secret.

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