Hi, Natalie.
I haven't read
Primal Wound, but I did read
20 Things when DD was a baby. I couldn't reconcile that my happy, contented angel could already harbor such deep, unhealable gashes. Five years later, I still don't believe it.
My sense is that
PW reflects the media in general. We're all frustrated that
one adoption gone off-the-charts wrong makes the news while the
thousands of routine, happy adoption stories don't get reported.
Which book idea would a publisher more likely advance -- a saga with lots of drama and angst, or a tale of a run-of-the-mill childhood?
I know the jury's still out on open adoptions. But my guess is that 20 years from now, if my kids are on a therapist's couch, it won't be because adoption is part of their story. (I'm giving them plenty of other reasons!
)