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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I wish I had read this book earlier in my life. So many of the same thoughts and experiences were ones I had growing up and felt isolated about.
(audiobook—probably colored my enjoyment of this book)
This is not my favorite kind of memoir. I prefer memoirs that read more like a story rather than vignettes with narration in between. This is the memoir of a Korean-American adoptee to an all-white family. Nicole decides to search for her birth family while she is pregnant with her first daughter. For me, the story picked up at this point and I loved reading about her relationship with her full biological sister, Cindy (she has a half-sister too). The stories and moments with Cindy and their father were my favorite and I would’ve happily read more. Overall, thoughtful and thought provoking.
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This is not my favorite kind of memoir. I prefer memoirs that read more like a story rather than vignettes with narration in between. This is the memoir of a Korean-American adoptee to an all-white family. Nicole decides to search for her birth family while she is pregnant with her first daughter. For me, the story picked up at this point and I loved reading about her relationship with her full biological sister, Cindy (she has a half-sister too). The stories and moments with Cindy and their father were my favorite and I would’ve happily read more. Overall, thoughtful and thought provoking.
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challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Miscarriage
reflective
medium-paced
Author shares her own story in a manner that takes the reader in her own journey reflecting and connecting
I have transracial adoption in my family and I found this book very relatable.
i don’t usually put books i read for school into my goodreads because i don’t like to put books ive been forced to read, but i genuinely loved this
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
fast-paced
Deeply moving, reflective, and an invitation to rethink, revalue, and acknowledge the complexities of adoption.
I think Nicole Chung expressed her lived experiences as a Korean baby adopted in a White family in the US very effectively for readers to understand and to emphasize with.
I think Nicole Chung expressed her lived experiences as a Korean baby adopted in a White family in the US very effectively for readers to understand and to emphasize with.