![]() ![]() She immediately switches into a caregiving role for Rivka. However, the portrayal of an adoptee is so insensitive and rooted in ignorance that it can be harmful to people using this book to understand an adoptee's experience.įirst, Simone never experiences any feelings of abandonment, anger, anxiety, or disconnect regarding Rivka, her birth mother's impending death. ![]() The prose is neither bad nor extremely good, and I don't have enough knowledge of the Jewish heritage to comment intelligently about that portrayal. In the process, she comes to terms with her own sexuality, ideas of family, and ethnic heritage as the daughter of a Jew. meeting with the woman who gave her up for adoption). A young girl comes of age and finds her identity, albeit through a slightly less usual route (i.e. If read solely as adolescent fiction, this book is harmless fun. ![]()
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