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Just Like Other Daughters
Just Like Other Daughters | Colleen Faulkner
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Alicia Richards loved her daughter from her very first breath. Days later, when tests confirmed what Alicia already knew—that Chloe had Down syndrome—she didn't falter. Her ex-husband wanted a child who would grow to be a scholar. For Alicia, it's enough that Chloe just is. Now twenty-five, Chloe is sweet, funny, and content. Alicia brings her to adult daycare while she teaches at a local college. One day Chloe arrives home thrumming with excitement, and says the words Alicia never anticipated. She has met someone—a young man named Thomas. Within days, Chloe and Thomas, also mentally challenged, declare themselves in love. Alicia strives to see past her misgivings to the new possibilities opening up for her daughter. Shouldn't Chloe have the same right to love as anyone else? But there is no way to prepare for the relationship unfolding, or for the moments of heartbreak and joy ahead. With grace and warmth, Colleen Faulkner tells an unflinching yet...
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arattyreads
Just Like Other Daughters | Colleen Faulkner
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OMGOODNESS , this is so well written and such a moving , beautiful, heart wrenching story that you just don‘t want to put down.

LASluvesbooks Just added to my tbr pile 5y
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Just Like Other Daughters | Colleen Faulkner
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Just Like Other Daughters | Colleen Faulkner
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My current read📚

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Dineen73
Just Like Other Daughters | Colleen Faulkner
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Many books have made me cry, but this one - this one - made me cry & tore my heart out too. Big, ugly tears at the end. #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept #day7

MelissaJCrispin Ohh. I might need to check this one out based on your comment. For reasons I don't quite understand, I love books that make me cry. 8y
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