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    612-822-4611

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Split the Baby

Split the Baby

Rhoades, Lauren

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Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1960215361
ISBN13: 9781960215369
Publisher: Belle Point Press
Published: Jun 3 2025
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
In honest and captivating prose, Split the Baby chronicles the toll of divorce and family rupture from the perspective of a child who was nearly torn in two. Lauren Rhoades retells her experience of growing up caught between two conflicting homes run by equally strong women: a fervently Catholic stepmother and a deeply sensitive Jewish mother. Pulled toward radically distinct family cultures steeped in rich religious traditions, the young girl struggles to reconcile her stepmother's possessive charm with her mother's fierce and vulnerable love. Working with a trove of salvaged documents-- including psychological evaluations, legal records, and personal family diaries-- Rhoades searches for answers to questions of identity, spirituality, and the relationships that most deeply shape us. Ultimately, this debut memoir-in-pieces is a thoughtful story of learning to become whole again.

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