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With her feet firmly rooted on the plains of Nebraska, Suzanne Ohlmann launches the reader into flight over miles and decades of migration: from an apple-pie childhood in America's Fourth of July City to the dirt floors of a cowshed in rural India, we zigzag across time and geography to…

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1 author picked Shadow Migration as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Suzanne Ohlmann tells her own story with heart and humor. This is an insightful memoir of Suzanne coming to terms with her past after being adopted by a family that never felt like her own. She tries to build a relationship with her birth mother - once she finds her - and grieves for the father she'll never know. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand and define their own identity -- or who just wants to read a great story.

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