Phoebe Variations

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adolescence
adoption
adoptive mother
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best friend
biological family
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childhood
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family life
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girlhood
girlhood friendship
girls
high school
identity
independence
literary fiction
literary novel
mother archetypes
mothers
novel
Oprah's book club
Peter Pan
prank
provocative
runaway
self-discovery
sexual awakening
strained relationships
teenagers
tender
transformation
transformative moments
womanhood

Product details

  • ISBN 9798992427608
  • Dimensions: 139 x 209mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Oct 2025
  • Publisher: Zibby Books
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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National Bestseller
An Oprah Daily Best Book
An Indie Next Pick
A LibraryReads Pick


"A probing story about the reverberations of adoption, toxic friendship and what it means to be a mother."
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A stunning coming-of-age novel about friendship, mothers, and finding one's way in the world by the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World.

Seventeen-year-old Phoebe was never interested in her birth family. But on the cusp of her high school graduation, her adoptive mother, Greta, insists on a visit to meet her biological parents and siblings. The encounter is a jolt, a revelation that derails Phoebe.

With the help of her best friend Luna, Phoebe runs away—as far as their friend Patrick O’Connor’s chaotic home, where she hopes to go unnoticed among his thirteen siblings. What begins as an adolescent rebellion soon spirals into a whirlwind of transformation and self-discovery.

As Phoebe grapples with her shifting identity, she must navigate the tumultuous road out of girlhood and chart a new and unknown course.

Jane Hamilton’s novels have won literary prizes, have been made into films, and have been international bestsellers, and two of them, The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World, were selections of Oprah’s Book Club. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times; The Washington Post; Allure; O, The Oprah Magazine; Elle; and various anthologies. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin.

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