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Delphine Jones’s world is about to get much bigger...if only she’d let it.
Devoted single mother Delphine Jones is an expert at putting her head down and moving through life one day at a time. Since getting pregnant at sixteen, her circle has only ever included her now eleven-year-old daughter and best friend, Em, and her complicated father whom they live with. But when an opportunity for her to finish school presents itself, Delphine finally does something she hasn’t done in years: she takes a chance on herself. Sometimes all it takes is one chance.
As Delphine rediscovers her passions and her belief in herself, her circle expands to include an Oscar-winning actress turned teacher, an Eritrean couple running a local café-cum-jazz club, an elderly French widow looking to converse, and a handsome musician who awakens something in Delphine that she thought had been long buried. But as Delphine’s eyes and heart start to open, she must also face questions she’s stonewalled for more than a decade, questions about Em’s father. Is she brave enough?
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593552551
- File size: 282626 KB
- Duration: 09:48:48
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- English
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September 1, 2022
Delphine Jones had big dreams until she got pregnant at 16. Now her world consists of her 11-year-old daughter and her elderly father with whom she shares a basement apartment in London. Then in her late 20s, Delphine is given the chance to finish her degree and pursue her dreams, and her social circle widens to include a French widow, an Eritrean couple, and a handsome musician. Soon Delphine is hopeful for the future, even if it means having to wrestle with her past. The various people Delphine meets along her journey provide moments of humor in an otherwise serious novel. Narrator Pearl Mackie deftly handles the various accents as well as bringing Delphine to life with both heart and hope. VERDICT Readers looking for a mature take on coming-of-age novels will appreciate Delphine's journey to find herself, follow her dreams, and create the best possible life for herself and her daughter in the latest delightful story from Morrey (The Love Story of Missy Carmichael).--Elyssa Everling
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