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The Girl In The Orange Dress: Searching For A Father Who Does Not Fail (2009)

by Margot Starbuck(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0830836276 (ISBN13: 9780830836277)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

IVP Books

review 1: This book spoke to me on two different levels. As a person who forgets the incredible depth of God's love for me, it was a good book. As an adoptive mother who is realizing more and more how my children's past colors every day of their lives, it was a great book. Margot Starbuck shares her own deep struggles in this easy to read - and at times even funny - memoir. The truths she has discovered are significant for adopted children, adoptive parents, anyone who has ever felt rejected by others, anyone who has suppressed painful emotions, and anyone who has trouble believing that God is for them.
review 2: Throughout her childhood, Margot Starbuck was always told that she was “chosen and special”. She was adopted when she was just a few weeks old. Always thi... morenking that her upbringing was nothing but happy and warm because she had so many people who loved her, reality hit her hard as an adult. Margot started to feel the pain of abandonment, from her birth father and her adoptive father, and her heavenly Father. Margot was also going through life with a smile on her face to hide her pain all the while seeking to find the Father that she could trust. What amazed me the most was the fact that Margot studied theology at Princeton and she still struggled to realize that God loves her and God has chosen her and that she could trust Him. I find a lot of comfort in knowing that she had that type of struggle because I think a lot of people do, I know I did. I have a fairly simple faith, I tend not to dig too deep, but I really appreciate the depth of Margot’s faith. I also admire her for never giving up on finding the answers she needed. While I was reading this book, I did something that goes against my own rules – I dog-eared pages and underlined passages I wanted to remember. There are so many powerful and important lessons for all of us in this book. I especially liked her Tootsie Pop analogy that she used; “I was sooo Tootsie Pop”, Margot says, “The lickin’ I’d been taking felt interminable, and now it felt like I was being crunched up and spit out.” Margot has had to deal with not just emotional pain in her life, but physical pain as well. She has had pain in her feet for years and sought healing anywhere she could find it. With all my fibromyalgia issues, I can certainly relate to her pain. I also admire her tremendously for working so hard and praying for relief from her pain. She never stopped having faith that she would find help for her pain. I really enjoyed this book. It is very open and frank, which I’m sure was difficult for Margot, but I know anyone who reads The Girl in the Orange Dress will appreciate her honesty. I know I will use her wisdom and her experiences to help me through those days when I am wondering where God is. I will come back again and again to this book. I feel like I have a new friend in Margot. Get yourself a copy of this book and take this journey with Margot. It will leave you feeling more loved by your Father than you could possibly imagine. less

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