That Kind of Mother

Rumaan Alam

Original title: That kind of mother

earliest edition we have, 2018 Ecco, 2019 paperback 304 pages

"That Kind of Mother dives deep into big questions about parenthood, adoption, and race: Is mothering something learned, or that you're born to? How far can good intentions stretch? And most of all, can love can really overcome the boundaries of race and class? With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam's second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking."--Celeste Ng, author of Lit...

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That Kind of Mother paperback · 2019 · Ecco · 304 pages · 9780062667618
That kind of mother edition · 2018 · Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers · 291 pages · 9780062667601
That Kind of Mother audiobook · 2018 · Harpercollins · 1 pages · 9781538519356
That Kind of Mother edition · 2018 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062667625

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