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Name: A thousand voices
Author: Lisa Wingate

After being adopted at thirteen, Dell Jordan thrives in music, earning a scholarship to Juilliard and a year touring with a traveling symphony. Yet beneath her polished success lie unresolved questions about her birth—her mother’s abandonment, her unknown father, and the possibility of relatives who resemble her. Driven by a native name etched on her birth certificate, Dell embarks on a hidden journey into Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Mountains to discover the voices of her Choctaw ancestors and the truths that could shape her future.

First publish date: 2007

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Lisa Wingate

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