Books like All we know of love by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Natalie, almost sixteen, leaves the familiar streets of Connecticut behind and takes a bus heading south to Florida. She is determined to find the mother who abandoned her and her father a decade earlier.
The story follows her journey and the emotional revelations she experiences as she confronts family secrets, loss, and the complexities of maternal relationships. Amid the road trip, Natalie grapples with feelings of abandonment, identity, and her own emerging sense of self.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Nora Raleigh Baskin
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