title: My Fathers' Daughter: A Story of Family and Belonging
author:  Hannah Pool 
description: Following her mothers death in childbirthand the erroneous notation of her fathers death as wellPool was adopted by a white couple and transplanted from Eritrea. She eventually grew up in middle-class comfort in England, missing the hardships, deprivation, and war in Eritrea. But she also grew up with the fantasy of many adopted children of someday being reclaimed by the birth family, as well as the guilt of being curious about her birth family and seeming ungrateful of the adopted family. In Pools case, there were the additional layers of differences in race and nationality. Still, when a biological brother contacted her, she wavered for10 years before returning the contact. At nearly 30 years old, Pool returned to Eritrea to meet her family and reconnect with the culture of her birth. In this exhilarating and very personal account, she chronicles the emotional roller coaster of overcoming her insecurities and finding the courage to go and meet her extended family and try to blend together the very different parts of her life. --Vanessa Bush
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  The marriage is fake. The danger is real.
  
  
  A child is all scientist Hannah Dietrich has left of her late sister...a child
  possibly kidnapped by the mysterious cult her sister had joined. To discover
  the truth about Emily’s death and find her infant daughter, Hannah turns to
  BLM Special Agent Walt Riley. Posing as a married couple, they infiltrate the
  “Family” as devoted followers of the Prophet.
  
  
  But delving into the cult’s dark secrets proves harder than expected...while
  their roles feel disturbingly easy for the fiercely independent Hannah and the
  no-nonsense lawman. Has their charade become a real relationship? And if they
  find the infant, how will they escape the Prophet’s murderous wrath?
  
  
  The Ranger Brigade: Family Secrets
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Why did he come after us?” she asked. “I thought you shot him back  
  at the camp.”
  
  
  “Obviously it wasn’t enough to stop him.”
  
  
  “But he won’t stop us.”
  
  
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