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kai, June 22, 2008

This is my first A. M. Homes book and I can't wait to read more. I love her style of writing and the way that she keeps the pace moving, keeps the reader engaged at all times. Homes was adopted at birth and at the age of 31 she is told that her birth mother wants to contact her. She takes us through the ups and downs of finding out something that she had wanted to know all her life. There is a section of the book when she's describing the history of each and every person on her family tree that at first was sort of boring for me. But then I realized how much this meant to her and it reminded me of a talk I had with my father a couple of weeks ago when I was grilling him for information about my ancestors. I was then happy to hear her tell the history because I know how much that means to each of us. Or at least it should.

There are times when I wanted to slap the birth mother, she seemed so pitiful and needy. But then the next page would make me feel sorry for her, she had a rough life and was reaching out for love and belonging. The birth father....now, he's one that I always wanted so slap. What a jerk.

The last chapter is a beautiful and moving tribute to A. M.'s grandmother. I can't imagine a more loving tribute to a remarkable woman. It was the best way to end a book like this.

And I admire the author for her tenacity; a lot of us would probably have given up the search for our past when faced with all of the obstacles that she faced.

Thank you, A. M., you have written a beautiful memoir. I will be reading more of your work

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