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Kephart, Beth

Small Damages

293 pp. | Philomel | July, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-25748-3 $17.99
(4) YA Exiled to Spain for the course of her pregnancy, eighteen-year-old Kenzie haltingly ponders her complicated, loosely interrelated relationships. Seeking acceptance from her unsupportive boyfriend, her ashamed mother, the potential adoptive couple, and Estela, her stand-in mother figure in Spain, Kenzie seeks tenuous self-acceptance. Though enticing, the dreamlike writing fails to bind the many threads together, and Kenzie's eventual epiphany lacks impact.
Reviewer: Rebecca Kirshenbaum

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