Review of Finding Closure

[Shelley Breivogel]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Finding Closure" by Rosie Norman-Neubauer.]

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3 out of 5 stars

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Finding Closure is a good book for anyone adopting a child or anyone who's been adopted. The author retells the pros and cons of adoption through their life experiences and emotional journeys.

I rate it a three out of five. I give it this rating due to the lack of professional editing and the amount of detail the author uses that doesn't pertain to the topic. The family pets and the meaning of the pets' names seemed irrelevant. I expected to read details about finding your birth parents, but the book doesn't touch on that until the final few chapters. There are many details about the adoptee's parents, including where they worked and how they chose to raise their children. Again, these chapters didn't have an impact on the overall focus of the book. The book is based in London, and there are some discrepancies in word spelling. Realized is realised, envisioned is envisage, labeled is labelled, to name a few. The misspellings make you question the book's quality.

There are details about life growing up as an adopted child and the complexities of the parent-child relationship. The author outlines the good and bad times amidst an admirable parent and a parent they never felt connected to and how this changes over time. You will enjoy this memoir if you have been adopted and questioned your roots or identity. If you have adopted children, you may relate to and enjoy all the details of an adoptee's mindset. You could benefit from the author's compelling stories. The author is upfront with readers, telling you not every adopted person has a positive search for birth parents. Things could go badly, but if you never play the lottery, you won't have a chance of winning it. Learning the truth about your heritage will give you the closure every adoptee yearns for. I think you will appreciate the way the author voices the thought process behind choosing to find your birth parent or parents.

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