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Lost & Found: A Memoir Of Mothers (2009)

by Kate St. Vincent Vogl(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0878393315 (ISBN13: 9780878393312)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

North Star Press of St. Cloud

review 1: Meh. I know... a somewhat thoughtless rating for a compelling topic. This is a topic with which I have some personal experience, albeit indirect, so I expected to be enthralled. While the writing was strong and vivid in many ways, and certainly authentic in its presentation, it was somewhat wordy, at points. It also circled a bit unnecessarily at points... to the past, without a clear pattern of, or appreciable understanding for why the author has done so. I also do not feel as though I got to know the author's birthmother to the degree that I got to know her mother...
review 2: I expected to find an interesting and intelligent read from this author, but found so much more. There is precision and beauty and a twining of tales that will be meaningful to any... moreone who has been a mother or had a mother, adoptive or otherwise. Kate St. Vincent Vogl tells the story of coming to terms with being found by her birthmother almost immediately after the death of her mom (her adoptive mother,) and shortly after becoming a mother for the first time herself. She tells it honestly: the pain, the tension and the humor. She tells it with beauty, even the not so pretty parts. I was completely pulled in and can't wait to see what is next from this author. less

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