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Blue Rider Press
April 2013
On Sale: April 9, 2013
304 pages
ISBN: 0399160868
EAN: 9780399160868
Kindle: B008EKMD30
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A daughter of the Black Panther movement tells her
remarkable life story of being raised amid violence and
near-poverty, adopted as a teenager by Jane Fonda, and
finding her way back home.
As she grew
up in 1970s Oakland, California, role models for Mary
Williams were few and far between: her father was often in
prison, her older sister was a teenage prostitute, and her
hot-tempered mother struggled to raise six children alone.
When Mary was thirteen, a silver lining appeared in her
life: she was invited to spend a summer at Laurel Springs
Children’s Camp, run by Jane Fonda and her then husband, Tom
Hayden. Mary flourished at camp, and over the course of
several summers, she began confiding in Fonda about her
difficulties at home. During one school year, Mary suffered
a nightmare assault crime, which she kept secret until she
told a camp counselor and Fonda. After providing care and
therapy for Mary, Fonda invited her to come live with her
family.
Practically overnight, Mary left
the streets of Oakland for the star-studded climes of Santa
Monica. Jane Fonda was the parent Mary had never had—outside
the limelight and Hollywood parties, Fonda was a wonderful
mom who helped with homework, listened to adolescent fears,
celebrated achievements, and offered inspiration and
encouragement at every turn.
Mary’s life
since has been one of adventure and opportunity—from hiking
the Appalachian Trail solo, working with the Lost Boys of
Sudan, and living in the frozen reaches of Antarctica. Her
most courageous trip, though, involved returning to Oakland
and reconnecting with her biological mother and family, many
of whom she hadn’t seen since the day she left home. The
Lost Daughter is a chronicle of her journey back in
time, an exploration of fractured family bonds, and a moving
epic of self-discovery.
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