In Search Of Us

The gorgeous | warm-hearted new novel from Ava Dellaira | the author of the critically acclaimed LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD. Because the missing pieces always matter . . .. Marilyn is in search of freedom. She grew up as a child actor | her mother's meal ticket out of mediocrity. But it's been a long time since she booked a job | and she and her mother have no choice but to move in with her volatile uncle. . Marilyn is counting down the days until she can escape to college | and the promise of her own future. That is | until she falls in love with James | the boy downstairs | who shows her that her life is worth living in the present. At 17 | Marilyn is about to learn that everything can change in an instant.. Angie is in search of answers. She is mixed race and has never met her father | but she knows she looks and thinks a lot like him. Though Angie grew up with her devoted mother | Marilyn | she's always felt the absence of the man she never knew. . But after discovering that her mother has been lying to her | Angie sets off on a road trip to Los Angeles | in search of an unknown uncle - and maybe even her dad. At 17 | she hopes to finally find out the truth about where she came from so she can discover who she truly is.. Told in two perspectives | Marilyn's in the late 90s | and Angie's today | IN SEARCH OF US is a sweeping inter-generational story about mothers and daughters | love and loss | holding on and letting go.