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The Price of Belonging

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The Price of Belonging is a novel in English. Chapter 1 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

Clara has spent her life refusing to owe anyone anything. As a child in foster care, she exposed a worker who skimmed food from the children's meals. At fourteen, she gave up a place at the city's most elite private school rather than accept a donor's daughter's terms, and the state's top public schools lined up to offer her scholarships instead.

At twenty-two, her biological, ultra-wealthy family brings her home to the Hayes estate. But the welcome dinner belongs to Maya, the girl raised in her place for eighteen years. When Clara returns a pair of gifted shoes, her mother, her brother Liam and the whole table close ranks around Maya, and Clara is left standing barefoot on the cold marble.

Her father calls the search for her a debt. Clara opens her notes app and starts an invoice, determined to repay every cent so she will never owe this family anything again.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

Ever since I was a kid, I hated taking things I hadn't earned.

When I was seven, the lunch lady at my foster home shorted me half a scoop of meat and still had the nerve to call me greedy.

"You little bottomless pits are going to eat this whole foster home into bankruptcy!"

I actually thought we were eating too much. So, for a whole month, I secretly weighed every single portion of food served to the kids.

The purchasing logs showed 100 pounds of meat.

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Contents

Chapter 1 is on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Which chapters of The Price of Belonging are free?

Chapter 1 is free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 2 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading The Price of Belonging after chapter 1?

In the official app. Install it, enter code 588644, and the book opens where this preview stops — chapter 2.

What is The Price of Belonging about?

Clara has spent her life refusing to owe anyone anything. As a child in foster care, she exposed a worker who skimmed food from the children's meals. At fourteen, she gave up a place at the city's most elite private school rather than accept a donor's daughter's terms, and the state's top public schools lined up to offer her scholarships instead.

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