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As an adoptive parent, I felt incredibly seen by this book. As Frankel herself points out, it‘s vanishingly rare to see adoption portrayed in the media as a source of a (complicated, human) joy.
pickAs an adoptive parent, I felt incredibly seen by this book. As Frankel herself points out, it‘s vanishingly rare to see adoption portrayed in the media as a source of a (complicated, human) joy.
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I struggled with this one.
Written from Matlin's first person perspective to that person's third person perspective just randomly before Matlin goes back to first person to finish the chapter which didn't help the odd pacing and overall awkwardness of the non linear.
She jumps all over the place without really going into too much detail or depth in the portion that I did read before I bailed at 20%.
pickAn interesting look into a life, as I find most autobiography's to be. When you watched a person on TV your whole life and had your bedroom walls plastered with pictures of their husband it's easy to forget they are simply people.
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pickAs a big fan of Laurie Frankel, my verdict for this one is: good but not great. Frankel always writes about family in a compelling way, but I found her to be more didactic than usual (especially the end). And while I loved the witty writing style, it felt like everyone- adults, kids, etc- had the same voice. It was sort of like Aaron Sorkin (💗) dialogue: clever and snappy but a little too perfect to feel believable.
pickAlongside This is How it Always Is, this is my second slam dunk read from Frankel. Here, she explodes the concept too many people have of what family “should” be and shows how families can look quite different. It veers dangerously close to sentimentality at the end, but I just loved it and didn‘t want to stop listening.
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pickI loved every character in this book! I felt like I not only had a wonderful reading experience, but that I learned so much about the world of adoption, through the eyes of the birth parents, adoptive parents and the children. By giving the reader multiple timelines as well as allowing us to understand each character, Laurie Frankel really knocks this novel out of the park! Family is truly the center of this story.
