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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Beautifully written memoir by a transracial adoptee who connected with her birth relatives around the time that she became a parent herself. I mostly read this while pumping at 3am or rocking my newborn to sleep in the middle of the night, and the themes of belonging and family and blood stuck with me more than they might have otherwise.
I've never read anything quite like this. She has a lot to say about adoption, but it's also an unusually self-aware and level-headed memoir of the complex emotional transition from child to mature adult, in a loving family that got some important things wrong. She ends up committed to truth and openness, without losing sight of kindness and compassion, and how often do you see that done?
DNF @50%: I actually liked this book but it was hard staying focused while moving across the country & my loan ended today :(. Not sure if I want to renew the loan tho.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
I so appreciated the honesty and vulnerability of this book. Chung divides her story into logical parts and tells a compelling and easy-to-follow narrative. I learned so much from her writing.
Sharing such a personal journey is tough and rewarding. I felt it could have been a short story not a full book. It was slow at times and felt some things could have been explained with fewer words.
A memoir of a young Korean woman who was adopted into a white family, grew up feeling distinctly different, and searched for her birth family during her own pregnancy. I loved listening to the audio book. So insightful about race and adoption and the ways adults can help children understand and accept those who are different from themselves.