The tangential element of why she wants to find out her biology is, of course, what makes it worth reading. Admittedly, some important details are missing, but the details tangential to what actually happens step by step to the narrator which is that her story is about discovering she was adopted and finding her biological family. Literally everything that constitutes “the plot” of this novel can be found in its opening line. The very first line of this novel does not merely foreshadow its narrative trek it totally reveals it. The number of novels which hand the reader a bare-bones, stripped-down summary of its entire storyline in its opening line. When I tell you that my white name is Cedar Hawk Songmaker and that I am the adopted child of Minneapolis liberals, and that when I went looking for my Ojibwe parents and found that I was born Mary Potts I hid the knowledge, maybe you’ll understand. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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