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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
An excellent read. Truly, this was such a unique perspective and I really enjoyed this book. It made my heart hurt, and I love the different threads of the book, from Nicole to her adoptive parents and her birth family. Her relationship with Cindy was so lovely to see unfold, and she was so honest about her feelings, especially about her birth mother. A+++ audiobook.
Quick read. Great insight into the world of being adopted as well as the extra layer of being a different race than your adoptive parents. She does give grace to her adoptive parents for not helping her explore her roots as a child while equally acknowledging she may not have wanted that since it would have only emphasized her ‘difference’ from her peers.
I've had this book on my list for a long time and finally downloaded the audiobook. The narrator was not my favorite, but I enjoyed it anyways. I've never thought much about the intricacies around adoption, but Chung's experience as a Korean child adopted by white parents was eye-opening.
4.25*
4h 14m
4.25*
4h 14m
This true story graciously and honestly bears witness to both specific experience and universal longings. -- and it reminded me what a gift it is to have sisters!
This book made me cry/tear up about five times? It's such a painful story, but Chung relates her difficult experience as a trans-racial adoptee beautifully. I could have easily read this in a day or two, largely because her writing is so readable.
A very important story about transracial adoption. It seemed a little incomplete at times, but then moving at others. As some other reviewers mentioned, I wish she would have addressed how she decided to use her birth family's name.
Captivating memoir by a woman of Korean heritage who was adopted by white American parents. She discusses struggles of developing identity, learning culture, and experiencing internalized oppression by growing up in a cross-cultural setting with no ability to learn about her own history. Before reading this book, I had never thought about adoption through a culturally responsive lens. The author’s writing style is enticing and it was such a good read.
A moving memoir of a transracial adoptee's decision to find her birth family. The story grabbed me, and I listened to this in one sitting.
Such an important book. I'm hoping Chung opens the way for more memoirs by those who were adopted and their experiences. I appreciate Chung's authenticity and her willing to challenge some of the mythologies about adoption, and her affirmation that adoption is complicated, even for those who grow up in loving adopted families. Read this with my kids in mind, and hoping that some day (maybe when they decide they like to read, after all) they will turn to Chung's memoir to see their own experiences written there.
reflective
sad
slow-paced