TY - BOOK AU - Celona,Marjorie TI - Y T2 - Charnwood SN - 9781444819106 (hbk.) PY - 2014/// CY - Leicester PB - Thorpe KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Fiction KW - Families KW - Abandoned children KW - Bildungsromans KW - gsafd KW - Large type books KW - lcsh N1 - Adult N2 - 'My life begins at the Y...' Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA and then bounced between foster homes, Shannon eventually finds stability in the home of Miranda, a single mother with a daughter of her own. But as Shannon grows, so do her questions. Will she ever belong? Who is her true family? And why would her parents give up Shannon on the day she was born? The answers lie in the heartrending tale of her mother, a headstrong young woman trapped in a tragic series of events that will destroy her family and test the limits of her compassion and sacrifice UR - http://www.ulverscroft.com/images/thumbs/9781444819106.jpg ER -