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Title: Self-absorption is not a virtue!
Review: This book had been recommended to me, so I decided to take a chance and purchase it. But immediately I was turned off by the sacrosanct tone of Ms. Saffian's writing. It is didactic in a way that is very, very distancing. Her experiences as an adopted child are not useful, educational, or compelling to anyone else due to the author's absolute selfishness (there are many incidents of this in the book). Both with regard to her birth parents and her adoptive parents. She seems like a spoiled little rich girl looking to justify her behavior through this book, but that isn't interesting at all. The author would do better going to therapy and recording her feelings privately. It is surprising that both sets of parents were so patient and understanding with this girl. Her writing style is the final straw here. It's pretty awful in parts. Find a better book on the subject of adoption; there are many out there!
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