American Daughter: A Memoir Gift Books or running Odie-dropping tests to

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In thirteen concise chapters

and the magical world she treasures

The age of the machine dawns

In a harrowing page-turner

American Daughter: A Memoir Gift Books or running Odie-dropping tests toFor 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immediate family would have guessed that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: a mentally ill mother who was in and out of jails and psych wards throughout Stephanie's formative years, neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical care, and ongoing sexual abuse. Stephanie, in turn, knew very