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With all the raven girls posting, i wonder if anybody has a book rec with a female cast and a story on girlhood/friendship that a trc fan would love

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okay i have to post here because i don't wanna forget but i also don't wanna post progress stuff on bookreads. im reading cider house rules by john irving and there's this bit about an older orphan boy having spent the night with his ear against the belly of a lonely pregnant woman who wanted someone to want her baby. he tells another orphan about that and how he sometimes wonders if he'd recognise the baby among all the others, and when his friend makes fun, this follows:

But Homer Wells knew he was just playing a game by himself, with himself; orphans are notorious for interior games. For example, one of the oldest games that orphans play is imagining that their parents want them back-that their parents are looking for them. But Homer had spent an evening with the mystery baby's mother; he'd heard all about the mystery baby's father-and his lack of interest in the matter. Homer knew that the mystery baby's parents weren 't looking for her; that may have been why he decided he'd look for her. If that baby girl was growing up, and if she was playing the old orphans' game, wouldn't it be better if there was at least someone who was looking for her-even if it was just another orphan?

this bit had me suddenly burst into tears out of nowhere. i have no personal experience with this but man this paragraph just hit me like a ton of bricks

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