{"product_id":"9781662521140","title":"Once You Were Mine : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA genealogy search reveals heartrending connections between friends as it brings to light one woman's traumatic past as a teenage mother in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a quiet North Carolina town in 1968, a seventeen-year-old girl's life is forever changed when a summer romance leads to an unplanned pregnancy. She is sent to an abusive \"maternity home,\" where she is shamed and deceived into signing adoption papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the present day, Allison Garrett volunteers as a \"search angel,\" using DNA tests to help strangers locate lost relatives. But the family tree she finds most compelling is that of her own mother, who was abandoned as a baby. As Allison puts the pieces together, they reveal much more than her mother's origins—and threaten to create further divisions in her tight-knit community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a family is separated by devastating circumstances, is it possible for them to heal the pain of the past and make up for lost time?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Union Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49241060442339,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781662521140-1.jpg?v=1788404034","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781662521140","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}