The Diary of Anne Monroe – By Heidi Andrews
Margaret, a thirteen year old girl who has always felt out of place among her family moves into her birth mothers childhood home in Alexandria, Virginia in the Summer of 1950. A few days after moving in she discovers a diary under the floorboard in her bedroom and after reading it she realizes it belongs to her birth mother. Later against her parents wishes she goes in search of her mother and her first stop is Fairfax, Virginia where she finds her angry grandmother who has forgotten her daughter and speaks ill of her. Margaret decides to put off her search until after she graduates High School so she has more time to research where her mother might be and what she will say to her. The minute she graduates Margaret packs her bags and heads of to New York with her boyfriend Tom not knowing what to expect or what she will find and the only thing she does know is that she won't leave until she finds her mother.
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The minute she graduates Margaret packs her bags and heads of to New York with her boyfriend Tom not knowing what to expect or what she will find and the only thing she does know is that she won't leave until she finds her mother.
About the Book“It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home.”
— Aaron Lauritsen
“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.”
— Unknown
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