[BrandyHagz]

I posted on the other thread that I had started reading the book, and that when I had completed it, I would start a new discussion.

Well, I couldn’t even finish it…I think I made it to chapter six before I just couldn’t deal with what she was saying anymore…

…Now, I certainly am NOT discounting anyone’s healing, or anyone’s feelings regarding the book, and the way it makes them feel…this is my own personal feeling about it…

I just couldn’t stop rolling my eyes long enough to read…I mean, some of the stuff I understand and agree with, but a lot of it, to me, is pretty out there. I certainly believe that there are some people who were affected like this, but I just don’t feel I am one of them.

I feel like I already have an explanation for a lot of my suffering and problems, so maybe that’s why it was so hard to read…I don’t know. I just know, for me at least, it wasn’t something I wanted to continue to read; it seemed pointless.

So, is the whole book talking about adoptees reaction to be separated from the birth mothers? If so, where do adoptive parents fit in, are their actions (or lack of) totally not to blame? I know at one point it mentioned that adoptive parents were told to take their child home and treat it just like it was their own, and they’d never know…I guess I just don’t understand…

Maybe I will try to read it again some time…who knows.