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Raising Abel (2011)

by Carolyn Nash(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Memoir & Autobiography

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CreateSpace

review 1: I found this book very compelling. Carolyn Nash describes how her life changed when she decided to adopt a son. Even though the child was only three, he had experienced severe neglect and abuse in his short life. As a result, he had emotional problems and became violent at times. I identified to a great extent with this story because I also adopted a son who had a very rough childhood. Our circumstances were different. Carolyn was a single mother, and I was married so our son grew up in a two-parent household. Our son was eleven when we adopted him, but he never exhibited violence. However, he did have other problems and was a challenge to raise. He had a variety of problems through the years, but now is in his forties, working and in a stable marriage. My heart goes out t... moreo the author who raised a child with more serious problems than our son and did it on her own. Actually she is still doing it as Abel was in his late teens when the book was written. If you have experience adopting a problem child, you will identify with the author and appreciate her candor. If you've never known a family who adopted an older child who had been neglected and abused, this book will open your eyes.
review 2: Good book but brutal - not for the faint of heart. It's a vicariously traumatic read. About a single woman who chooses to adopt a little boy called Abel - who has been abused in just about every way possible by his birth-parents. Bit by bit, year by year, the aftershocks of this abuse continue to surface in Abel's thoughts and behaviours. Based on a true story. At one moment makes you despair in humanity, and wonder how people could do such awful things to an innocent little boy; and at another makes you marvel at the sheer determination and unconditional love displayed by the woman who adopts him. less

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