Wood, Monica creator author. text Romance fiction. nyu New York Ballantine Books 2001 1st Ballantine Books ed. monographic eng

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293 pages ; 21 cm. Rita Rosario cuts hair, tells fortunes, and reads the classics. One night she has a dream, which she interprets as a summons, and before long she has flung herself into the life of John Reed, a lonely stranger who needs her help." "As they fall in love, John tells Rita his "only story," the story each of us tells that defines us the most. She realizes that she must help him reconnect with his eight-year-old niece, Aileen, orphaned in a terrible tragedy and kept from him since. Rita discovers a secret that opens the door to contact with the girl, but the entanglements of family and desire bring unexpected results. My Only Story explores the inescapable pull of family, the surprises of love, and the notion that happiness often resides in the places where we are least likely to look. Monica Wood. Reprint. Originally published: San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2000. Includes reader guide. Beauty operators Fiction Fortune-tellers Fiction Orphans Fiction 0345442938 010502 20241114125142.0 46860774