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A boy grows up under the care of his manic‑depressive mother, who has told him that his absent father won a Nobel Prize. As he looks for the identity of the donor who gave his mother the extraordinary child, he navigates complex emotions, family conflict, and the shadow of mental illness. Along the way he learns the painful truth about his heritage and must reconcile it with his own sense of identity. The novel explores identity, mental illness, and the burdens of dysfunctional family dynamics, touching on themes of single‑parent upbringing, emotional abuse, and the quest for belonging.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Rune Michaels
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