The Honeysuckle Cafe

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At almost thirty, a DNA test should hold no surprises... but what if it reveals you're adopted? Matilda Berry has her life on track. She's dating a man who looks a lot like Mr Right. They'll be married and in the family way before she turns thirty-one. She's decided that when the strip turns pink, she'll take a hiatus from the life of a corporate lawyer and do something less demanding, so she can give her children something she never had — a loving, present family. But a spontaneous DNA test sends her on a journey of discovery. The results provoke her to question everything she thought she knew about her family. When her father admits she was adopted at birth, the secrets he's been holding into for decades begin to unravel. Looking for answers, she travels to the other side of the world, to a place of chicken biscuits, peaches and sweet tea, where the humidity zaps her energy and the traffic destroys her will to live. And it's there