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Title: Disappointing
Review: I was very disappointed with the book. While the subject of Maya's donation was slightly covered, the author spent the majority of the book describing her various problems with relationships from her family of origin through her various husbands and boyfriends and the guilt she felt in her parenting of both Maya and Maya's younger half-sister. Her treatment of donation was sparse at best, focusing more on her own less-than-comfortable relationship with one of the recipients and her various speaking engagements. As the parent of a child who was also, at the age of 17 a donor, I found myself saddened that more attention wasn't paid to Maya's story and legacy and less to the writer's need to describe her conversations with her therapist. A wonderful opportunity to educate and encourage others about the gifts of donation - for both donor families and donor recipients - was missed.
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