I definitely have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it is an amazing story. I think there were very few pages where I didn’t find myself sobbing. And I will also say that throughout reading the book, I would vary from reading the book to trying to persuade my husband to adopt/start the application process! ;) So, those are the reasons why one should read this book.

However, as an adoptee, I would say that I have a problem with the mother in this story sharing her daughter’s story so openly. I firmly believe that an adopted child’s story is their story and they should be the ones to share it when they reach that age. I understand to a certain degree that as an adoptive parent, your child’s adoption is part of your own story….however, details about the way the birhtmother left their child are very private matters. I’m not sure if I would want my history out there for all to read. And while the author was extremely honest in this story about her own feelings when she initially met her daughter, I think that there would be a lot of things that would be really difficult to read as her adopted daughter.

So…although this is defintiely worth consuming, for me, it left me with mixed feelings.