The Possibility of You (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451616422)

New York Times bestselling author Pamela Redmond delivers a beautifully written novel about three generations of women in New York City and the experiences that shape and connect them to each other.The Possibility of You weaves together three interlocking stories involving three women dealing with issues of pregnancy and motherhood at key moments in history of the last century: On the brink of the First World War and the dawn of the modern age; as the liberalism of the '60s and '70s gave way to Reagan's 1980s; and during the autumn of Barack Obama's election. Contemporary heroine Cait, an African-American journalist raised by white adoptive parents, goes on a search for her birth mother inspired by her own unplanned pregnancy. Orphan Billie travels from her hippie upbringing in San Francisco to discover the upscale New York grandmother she never knew existed. And Irish nanny Bridget loses the boy she cares for and loves in the 1916 polio epidemic, only to try and replace him with a child of her own. Delving into the complex emotions that lie at the heart of unplanned pregnancy, motherhood, and the definition of family, this sweeping inter-generational saga illuminates the struggles of these very different women--and shows how the search for belonging is a connection that remains universal.

Author: Pamela Redmond
ISBN-10: 1451616422
ISBN-13: 9781451616422
Publisher: Gallery Books
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2012
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/19/2011
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2012
Library Journal 02/15/2012 pg. 98