Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption

by Sara Holloway

Book Overview

Personal essays by Meg Bortin - Sarah Cameron - Dan Chaon - Dominic Collier - Bernard Cornwell - Robert Dessaix - Matthew Engel - Paula Fox - A. M. Homes - Tama Janowitz - Lynn Lauber - Carol Lefevre... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812975472
• ISBN13: 9780812975475
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A fantastic and powerful collection

Collections of family essays can be a tough slog - for the readers as well as the families - but this one manages the terrain with deft insight and incredible eloquence. I received an early copy of this book from a friend and have been doling it out to myself in small, pleasurable doses. The essays are funny, dramatic and poignant. The best of the lot are from established writers like Paula Fox and A.M. Homes, but the lesser-knowns are great too. Adoption may now be a part of the mainstream American experience but what's clear from his book is how every family's story is unique. Each essay reveals the secrets, the fears and, of course, the love that lies just beneath the surface of every relationship. Whether you're a parent or a child, in a biological family or an adoptive one, this collection is a must read.