02473cam a2200337 4500 553022670 TxAuBib 20180416120000.0 171102|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017048918 9781601429049 1601429045 (OCoLC)1019838642 DLC eng rda DLC GO3 TxAuBib Ganshert, Katie. No one ever asked : a novel / Katie Ganshert. First edition. 368 pages ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references. "Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district--and in their lives. When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray--the wife of an executive, mother of three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser--faced with a shocking discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones--the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge's top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she's stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. This story explores the implicit biases impacting American society, and asks the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Why are we so quick to put labels on each other and categorize people as "this" or "that", when such complexity exists in each person?"-- 20180416. Life change events Fiction. Women Social life and customs Fiction. Families Fiction. Accreditation (Education) United States Fiction. School districts Fiction. Missouri Fiction. Religious fiction. lcgft Domestic fiction. lcgft Christian fiction. lcgft