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Just as sixteen-year-old Josie and her mother finally begin trusting men enough to start dating seriously, the father Josie never knew comes back to town and shakes up what was already becoming a difficult mother-daughter relationship.

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Main Author:	Friend, Natasha, 1972-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2010.
Subjects:	Mothers and daughters > Young adult fiction Dating (Social customs) > Young adult fiction Single-parent families > Young adult fiction Fathers and daughters > Young adult fiction High schools > Young adult fiction Schools > Young adult fiction Families > Massachusetts > Young adult fiction Massachusetts > Young adult fiction
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Summary:	Just as sixteen-year-old Josie and her mother finally begin trusting men enough to start dating seriously, the father Josie never knew comes back to town and shakes up what was already becoming a difficult mother-daughter relationship.
Physical Description:	267 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9780670011902 (hardcover) : 0670011908 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:	Natasha Friend was born to an English professor father and a poet/actress mother. She was raised in a house without a television. At the time, she thought this was the worst form of child abuse. Now, she understands the method to her parents' madness: they wanted her to be a reader. Spending most of her childhood at the Hamilton Public Library, Natasha found her mecca, the young-adult section, and her hero, Judy Blume. She, too, wanted to write stories about girls who felt alone. Girls whose parents were screw-ups. Girls with spunk and spirit and resolve. Natasha began dictating stories to her father, who typed them up on his 1930's Remington typewriter. Most involved rainbows, unicorns, and poor orphan girls discovering treasure. She knew she was supposed to be a writer in seventh grade, when a sweet boy gave her a love poem and she felt compelled to correct it for syntax and rhyme scheme. Today, Natasha is the award-winning author of Perfect , Lush , Bounce , For Keeps , and My Life in Black and White . When she isn't writing, she is building forts and making chocolate-chip pancakes. Natasha lives on the Connecticut shoreline with her husband, three children, and dog, Beckett.