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KINDLE SCOUT WINNER - Young Hanna thinks her thirteenthbirthday will be no different than the one before--until her motherexplains the facts of life. Hanna is a "bridge daughter," born pregnantwith her parents' child. In a few months she will give birth and die,leaving her parents with their true daughter.A mature bookwormwho dreams of college and career, Hanna is determined to overcome herbiological fate. Navigating through a world eerily like our own, sheconfronts unyielding attitudes and instinctive fears as old as humankind itself.Then Hanna learns of an illegal procedure that will allow her to live to adulthood...at the cost of the child's life.
About the Author
Jim Nelson's work has been published in North American Review, Confrontation, Instant City, Switchback, Watchword, and other fine venues. His books include A Concordance of One's Life (stories) , Everywhere Man, and Edward Teller Dreams of Barbecuing People, all available at Amazon.com.
His latest novel Bridge Daughter is now available from Kindle Press.
A California native, he resides in San Francisco.
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