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Title: A Must for Adoptees
Review: I am an adoptee (age 34) and found the book to be extraordinarily timely. I met my birthparents two years ago, and the roller coaster of emotions is overwhelming. Sarah Saffian's ability to articulate the things I am feeling is uncanny. I checked this book out of the library, then had to get my own copy so I could underline and highlight.For those who've said she is self-absorbed, that's the point. So many huge pieces of her life and her identity were altered without her consent, before she was even born. How can a person help but question her feelings about each of the parties involved, about her obligation to each, her connection to each, and how each affects her. Given the magnitude of the revelation (Hi - I'm your birthmother, and I married your birth father and you have a set of "full-blooded" siblings.) Sarah deserves the opportunity to wallow around in self-absorbed questions about her identity.
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